This is an analysis of the poem Find Everyday Something To Love that begins with:

Find everyday something to love.
Even if it's looking at the stars above....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA ABa AB AbbCdCd ABa AAddCbCb ABAE ABAEBDBD ABABBDBDXBAAAAAAABAAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,7,3,8,4,8,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 10001010101 11011001 10101 111100 11011001 0101010010100 11011001 1111 10101 11 1101001 11 1001001 11011001 10101 11100 11011001 10001010101 111101001 111001001 11 01111 11 110101 11011001 01010010100 11011001 01001111100 11011001 01010010100 11011001 01001111100 10 001001 10 1110011 11011001 0101010010100 11011001 0101010010100 10 001001 10 1110011 0101010010100 11011001 1001 100111 11011001 100111 100111 11011001 0101010010100 11011001 1001 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; something, get, up, to, find, love, you'll are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words get, something are repeated.

    The author used the same word find 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 love is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word find at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase find connects the lines.

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