This is an analysis of the poem 'Everyone Here Is Working Hard For You' that begins with:

Do you realize how many poems I've seen,
That you have written? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XX Xbb Xcdbd eefX gcX aafgX fdc eaXXaX X fdfggcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,5,4,3,5,3,6,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101011 11110 1 11011100011 10 111010011 1101111 1101111010 11010 1111110 0010101 11110001 11100110100 0100010110011100 10100111110111 1100010010111100 1 1101 0111110 1111101 10110111111 111010101 1011010111 111100 11 1111011001110 10101110 1011110100100 10011 111111100 1110101 1111101 1111001001011 10101011 11 110010111 1111100001 01101010110100 11111 101010101000101 111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).

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  • summary of 'Everyone Here Is Working Hard For You';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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