This is an analysis of the poem I Know You'Re There And Listening that begins with:
Everyday I will say,
I am glad to walk beside You....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAcDc AeAb cXfeccaa ABAcDXX Xbb GACca CafCaXcaXh GACcaahXah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,8,7,3,5,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 11101011 111101 1110111 1111100111 110111 101111 11111100 101111 0100011 111001101 110011 11 1111010 111101 0101 11111 101 101101 11101011 111101 111011111 1111100111 110111 01 11011111 0111011101 1101011111 101110101 1011100 010111 1110011 01 1111 01 111 1111 0101 0100 11 0101 1011 001 101110101 1011100 010111 110011 01 1101 1100001 101111 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 52
- 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:
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; i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, everyday are repeated.
The author used the same word everyday at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word believe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases everyday, you connect the lines.
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