This is an analysis of the poem I'Ll Show My Passion that begins with:

Come to me when,
Something's bothering you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBAA ABBAA CDaa CDaA AEAA AEAA FAFaFGB FAFaFGBXAEAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,4,4,7,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 101001 101111011 111110 0010 1011 101001 101111011 111110 0010 01011101 01111101 01010 11010 01011101 01111101 11110 0010 1011 1100111 111110 0010 1011 1100111 111110 0010 111101 110 111101 010 111101 11011101 10111001 111101 110 111101 010 111101 11011101 10111001 1011 1100111 111110 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same words come, i'm, give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words compassion, you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I'Ll Show My Passion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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