This is an analysis of the poem I Feel You that begins with:

I...
Just because we're distant....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcBDE DDDDD ABBABEEE ABBABEEE aBcBDE DDDDDXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,8,8,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101110 1 111010100 11 111010 11 11011 11 1111 11111 11 11 11111001 11 11 010111101 0111 1110 11 11 11111001 11 11 010111101 0111 1110 1 101110 1 111010100 11 111010 11 11011 11 1111 11111 11 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, all, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.

    The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word this at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Feel You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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