This is an analysis of the poem Better Than Me that begins with:
I want you in my arms,
Because the feel is perfect....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABCD eDf bbfD gbdgcf FeBD FeBDXFebD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,6,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 0101001 11110101 1011 111011 0101001 11110101 1011 110001011101 1011 00100110111 110001010101 1001 0111010 1011 111111010100 0101 110 111100 111111 101 111011010 1 111 1011 111011010 1 111 1011 111011010 1 11111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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; you is repeated.
The author used the same words i, who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Better Than Me;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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