This is an analysis of the poem Here To Chase Those Clouds that begins with:
You've been on my mind,
Sunshine and when it rains....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFGD ahhhe adXhg ABCDEFGDXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 111101 1110010 11101101 1111111 1100010 1011 1011 111101 111 111 11 11000101 11101 110111 10110111 101 1111 10111 111101 1110010 11101101 1111111 1100010 1011 1011 010111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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:
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; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word when 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 you is repeated).
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- summary of Here To Chase Those Clouds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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