This is an analysis of the poem Even If I Had Amnesia! that begins with:
Somebody came to take my moon and stars,
Before the morning dawned....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACdCEfGH ABACdCEfGH fCEfGH H H bhXhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,6,1,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011111 010101 1101011101 011 1 0110011001 011100101 1 110 10011010 1101011111 010101 1101011101 011 1 0110011001 011100101 1 110 10011010 1 0110011001 011100101 1 110 10011010 10011010 10011010 10011 010 10010 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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; even, if, i, had, amnesia are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word even is repeated.
The author used the same words somebody, even at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines amnesia is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word amnesia at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Even If I Had Amnesia!;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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