This is an analysis of the poem The Guest Is Inside You, And Also Inside Me that begins with:

The Guest is inside you, and also inside me;
you know the sprout is hidden inside the seed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cadeb Xfdefd Xfa aecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010011110011 11010100101 111100101111 111001110101 01110110110 0101010101 0101110111 010111001 11110011 11110111110 011010111110 11111010101 1111001 01010110111010101 11000111011110 1110010000101 0100010110101011 00110101011001 11010010101101 110101101 0100101110010 111010101011 110111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; inside is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Guest Is Inside You, And Also Inside Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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