This is an analysis of the poem I Love You With My Every Breath that begins with:

I love you with my every breath,
I make you songs like thunder birds,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dbdb efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111011001 11111101 11111111 11101101 11110111 11110111 11111111 11111001 11010101 11110111 11110001 01111011 01001111 11011111 11011100 11010101 11111111 01111101 11110101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, and, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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