This is an analysis of the poem Guess Who Will Be Still Writing? that begins with:
You say to me,
You can not read 'all' of my poems....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabXXbXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 111110110 1011001110100 10111110111001 111001111101 1101111 1011101011 110100110101 11001011010 1100110 010011001001 1
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of Guess Who Will Be Still Writing?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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