This is an analysis of the poem Adam To Your Eve that begins with:
If I were the 'up' to your downs...
I'd pull your smile right up off the ground, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDBe FFcAGC bHAcdEe bABcDBe FFcAGC bHAcdEe bABcD BeCCCC DCCCC DCCCC DCCCCXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,7,6,7,5,6,5,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001011 111111101 1 1110010011 111011010 100 01001011 111101011 1 1111111011 010111101 01 1 01001011 010101101 1 11011001 11101100 0100 1 01001011 111111101 1 1110010011 111011010 100 01001011 111101011 1 1111111011 010111101 01 1 01001011 010101101 1 1101101101 11101100 0100 1 01001011 111111101 1 1110010011 111011010 100 01 01 01 01 1110010011 01 01 01 01 1110010011 01 01 01 01 1110010011 01 01 01 01 1110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, glow are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
The author used the same words if, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines glow is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word glow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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