This is an analysis of the poem Character Witness that begins with:
You don't know me.
Like you've shown, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababcb ADDXdd DXXcc CEECfaXX CEE ADDcdd DfcddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,8,3,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 111 11110 10111011 01001001 100 1111 0011101 111 00101010 011001 01010110101 111111 00101 10111 100111 101000101 10010 1011001101 1011011101 10010 11101010 111101 011100101010 10011100 10010 1011001101 1011011101 1111 0011101 111 1111110100 101101010 010011010100 111111 01011100 00011100010 001000101 11001 11101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same words you, character at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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