This is an analysis of the poem Song (Did You See Me Walking By The Buick Repairs?) that begins with:

Did you see me walking by the Buick Repairs?
I was thinking of you...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXAbXAXAa Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101001 111001 10010010111 11101010110110 111001 11101111010 111000101 111001 1011010011 111001 111 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Song (Did You See Me Walking By The Buick Repairs?);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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