This is an analysis of the poem How Has He Managed To Do This...? that begins with:

I think he is fantastic.
I think he is glorious and tremendous....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXbXdeffcacfXgXbfgaeAdafdeXcgXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 11101001010 11100100 10 1011 1010010100 01011 010000100 1 111101 11110001 10011001101 111 10 11011001 110 010100100001010 110101 10111000011 101110010101 110011 0100010101 11111010 11110010 011010010 1101 1110001001 1101000101010 01010010101001 0101 11111101 00010010 1010100 11110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1010
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i, think, he, as are repeated.

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

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