This is an analysis of the poem Have You Thought About This? that begins with:
Have you thought about this?
For every minute and second, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXccabdcdA DDeDDeA DcccdcXdaAdbXc bdXdXccdAeaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,14,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 110001110 0111111010 101001110 111001010111 0101000100 01010101111 1111 110001101011 10110101 111010 1111 0101011 10010001 1111 0101011 01111 111010 1111 111 100011100 011101 111111101 011011 1101001 01010010111 1110101 111010 110 011101 111100011 00101110101 1 11011111011 1110100101 1011100111 1111111101 101011001 1101 11111 111010 11 111111 1101 0011011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, you, and, thought, about, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word this at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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