This is an analysis of the poem I Am Closer To You that begins with:
You do not have to be alone.
You choose to be that way....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB BXBX ABABcb BccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 110011 111100111 10111001 111001101 0111111 111001101 0101100111 11110001 110011 111100111 10111001 111011 11111 110011 1111001 111001011 0011101110 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, be, that, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Am Closer To You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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