This is an analysis of the poem Depends On What I Eat that begins with:
'How is it that you do what it is you do? '
Well......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
- Сlosest stanza type:
- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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