This is an analysis of the poem The One You Wanted To Be Is The One You Are that begins with:

She saying, You don't have to do anything
you don't even have to be, you Only who are,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXc dd adc XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011101101 111010011011 1111011 0111110100 01110111 0110011 0111000 0011111 1110 111 1111 111011110 1011011 1010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, one, without are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, without are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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