This is an analysis of the poem C-Ya! that begins with:
Do you think for one moment,
I would stay to tolerate your mess? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa XaXXc aacbXd Xd XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 111010111 01111011010 11111110101 01111010 110110101 111001111001 0111101 01100111001 111001001 11100101111 01011111001 111110010 01001111 1 1111111110 111011100111 11 11111101 111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, would, to 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.
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- summary of C-Ya!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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