This is an analysis of the poem Free Yourself And Let It Go that begins with:

Deflated ego?
You think I say the things I do to you, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A bacdeffdfd A cbdXeXgdbc adhXhg bdX BI BI BIII III IIIXIII
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,6,3,2,2,4,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 1111011101 001110 11101010 111100 1101100010100 11111011 110111101 110111001 010101010 10001101111 01010 1111101101 11101011011 101111 11100101 11101 1011011110 11101100 101011101100100 0100101 0100111010 01110 11111 00111 00101011 111101001 10101101111 1101101101 01011100 0101010101 1101101 11011111 1101101 11011111 1101101 11011111 111 111 11011111 111 111 11011111 111 111 11011111 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, it, stunts, your, growth are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, stunts are repeated.

    The author used the same words free, that 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 growth is repeated).

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

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