This is an analysis of the poem I Can'T Answer That that begins with:
Is a return to appreciate someone,
Just too late? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbXaa cacXacbb cX bb XX a X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,2,2,2,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010010111 111 11010 0010100010101 10101010100101 001111111 0010010101010 11111 1010111 01011101 111100111 0010101 10010010 110100110100010 110111010010001 1110001010100101 11010111101011 10001001011011 11101 110110100011101 1 1100101001 1110010010 11110101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; to, and, been are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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