This is an analysis of the poem Convince Me You Really Want To Win that begins with:
I wasn't always this much fun to be around.
I remember the days when I had been, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcXcX bbXX def ggdhX eb dX aibdheb gideijdjXbgX fc aaajAdXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,3,5,2,2,7,12,2,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110110001 1010011110 010101101001010 10011011100011 111111011 001010110 1001 1110111101011 1101011101 111101000 01010010111 1110 1101000111111 11101011001011 11111111011 101001000100 1011010 11010110100 1011 11110110 111011 11111001111001 11110101110 11001010 1111001101 1101110 10011111010 1110101 01100010111 101111 10111 010011111111 1011011 10100 11 100100010 11 1 010101 1010111100111 111100010 0110101101 11111001 110001 111101 1 111 110110110001 110011101 101000010010 10101 011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, to, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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