This is an analysis of the poem I'M Not About To Love You... that begins with:
I'm wanting more to see you less.
And yet I know this isn't best....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCCDC efXcce bcdX bbgbgb fcfXc ABBCCDCccXeccec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,6,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 11110001 01111101 01111111 11101011 111111110 11101 01011101 11111111 11110111 111111 0100011111 0100010111 111101 1101111 1111010 111 110101 0111 110111010 110101 010101 1110 1111010 1 11010 011111 01011101 01010111 11110001 01111101 01111111 11101011 111111110 11101 0101011 111 101 01 1101 11011100 11
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words perhaps, if are repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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