This is an analysis of the poem Be That Man! that begins with:

You Don't know how much I can care!
Do yah? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBABBBCDCCcccCDCEf ABBBcaCBBBCDCeGccceG DCEFFFFXaCXeABBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,20,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11 11 111111 11111111 11 11 111111 11 101111 11 11 1 1 1 11 0101101 11 1111100 1001 11111111 11 11 111111 11 1111111 11 11 11 111111 11 101111 11 11100 1101 1 1 1 1100 1101 0101101 11 1111100 011 011 011 011 11 11111101 11 11111101011 11110 11111111 11 11 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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

    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; yah, oh, be, that, man are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, oh, be are repeated.

    The author used the same word you 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 yah, oh, man are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase oh connects the lines.

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  • summary of Be That Man!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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