This is an analysis of the poem Here Is My Resumé that begins with:

We...
You and me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABCDCEDDCFGDD acXgff eghiXfd aABCDCED cchXgfgXeXic aABCDCEDDCFGDD XdfXchcahad Xcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,6,7,8,12,14,11,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111 11111 1001 010100001 0111 11110110101 0111111010 10001111010010 101010001 1101 0101001111 0010001110 01001001010 1111 0101010 11001111 0111 10111 111 111101110100010 1001111001 00111110 1010110101001010 11011011100 111101 1101 1 111 11111 1001 010100001 0111 11110110101 0111111010 1110011010 10110101 101111110111010 110110100100 0100 111111010001 110111010 011011110 1001101011100 101101 1111010 00101011 1 111 11111 1001 010100001 0111 11110110101 0111111010 10001111010010 101010001 1101 0101001111 0010001110 01001001010 10110 11010111 11101010 110101 111111 001001101 111111 0111101 011001 11111111 0111101 110 100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Here Is My Resumé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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