This is an analysis of the poem Gimme Just To Gimme It that begins with:

Gimme just to gimme it.
ALL YOUR LOVE....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABABaa XBcBaBbb XADA EBFBebca XADA EBFBXaba aBbgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,8,4,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 111 1010100 111 1010100 111 1010110 100 1010011 111 1001101 111 1100010 111 100111 1101001 1111110 110011 11111001 0011101 111100010 111 11111001 111 1111010 01011 01010111 011101 1111110 110011 11111001 0011101 111100010 111 11111001 111 111101001 011101 01110101 111101 1010100 111 10111 1101 0111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; gimme, it, you, to are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, love are repeated).

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