This is an analysis of the poem I'M Your Remedy that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABCDEfAGFFH IjGjGgK lIjGjGgKdL aABCDEfAGFFH IjGjGgK lIjGjGgKdL IGALMG IGALMGXIGAL
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,10,12,7,10,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110 01001 011010 11011 1111 1 1110 0111 11111111 01111 110 01011 1 010001 1 01000111 1 111 1 01011 1 010001 1 01000111 1 111 1 11 1 110 01001 011010 11011 1111 1 1110 0111 11111111 01111 110 01011 1 010001 1 01000111 1 111 1 01011 1 010001 1 01000111 1 111 1 11 01011 1111 11 101 01100 0111 01011 1111 11 101 01100 0111 01011 1111 11 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, i'm are repeated.

    The author used the same word it's 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 want is repeated).

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

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  • summary of I'M Your Remedy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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