This is an analysis of the poem Be The Best You Can that begins with:
If there is one thing you can do better,
Than anyone else can prove they can do......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 0101111110 1100111111 00111011011 0000111 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; can, you are repeated.
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