This is an analysis of the poem Before A Grin Of Satisfaction Lifts that begins with:

Let's face it.
When someone says, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXadefgX aceXhabgcX abXecccfX chfcfdheX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1111 1101111 0100011 101000100 10111010110 111 1011111101 110110 10101001 111 11111111 101111110 101010001 01111011110 00100101 01 101 111010010 111011111 1110101 111 111 111010 1101111 11110 11 1100101 110010 1011101010 111000100111 11111011 010101010 11101 011101 11111 11010101101 1011001100111 01000111110 10101111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; that, you, to, your are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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