This is an analysis of the poem I Am Your Mirage that begins with:
I thought you told me you were moving away?
'I did.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X bX XX a cX dX X Xb cdX X XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,3,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101001 11 1 11111010 1 110101111 1111101001 10 110101 1 001100100 11100101 1 0111 10 110111011 010010010 11110 11101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 34
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you is repeated.
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