This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Want To Be Let Go that begins with:

Why is the sky so blue?
Why are your eyes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDE FGHBIJ ggaja ABBCDE FGHBIJXBIJiJ
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 1111 10001 110101 11101 010100 111111 1101 010101 111011 111100 1101 110111 110111 01111 10011 1001111 100111 1111 10001 110101 11101 010100 111111 1101 010101 111011 111100 1101 111011 111100 1101 1110100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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