This is an analysis of the poem Finally...Here We Are that begins with:
I knew you knew me.
The moment I saw you, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB XXXX ABB cc XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 010111 1111 111111 0101010 101 101110101 11111 010111 1111 11111001 1110011101 1100 111 010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; knew, i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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