This is an analysis of the poem Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too? that begins with:

Over There,
World War II....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bccadeefd ggehiijh ikaaddda lmlfkibf dddekkke kkmibbai ggfbnnXb jjdmkkam ikodfjfddXod
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 111 1100100 11010 1010010 101 01 00111 1001 11011 0111 11011101 11010011 1101 010101 010001 1100101 1101 000101 110100100 100111 101011 111 110101 1111011 11101111 101 1111010 111 11110 11011111 011101 1011001 11001111 1011 10011101 1111001 0111111 111 111101010 01001111010 0110110 0101 10111101 0011111 010111 1101 1011101 00100101 11101 111101 11111101 010101 10111 1010001 1110101 1110101 101001 110101 1111101 010101 11111001 0110 1010101 1011011 011100111 110 10111101 111111 10100 111101 1110101 0101 11001 0110111 111101 010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, day are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, i, will are repeated.

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

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