This is an analysis of the poem I Do This For You that begins with:
I do this for you.
I do this for you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAA AAAAA XAXAAAAA AAAAA XXaXAAAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 11011 11011 11011 101011101 0111011 11010111011 0111011 0111011 11110111 0111011 1111011011 0111011 11011 11011 11011 11011 101011101 0111011 11010111011 0111011 0111011 01110 1101 11101010 1111 11011 11011 11011 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, this, for, you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, of, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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