This is an analysis of the poem I Thought That You Were Hot that begins with:
If I wasn't who I was,
That you thought I should be......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaa bBCD BABB BBCD BABB BBBB BBBBBB BBBB BBbBB BBBBbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111 111110 1101 11010100 1111111 11010100 01001 111101 1111 1110010 1111111 110101 11100 1110101000101 1111010101 11101 1111 1110010 1111111 110101 11100 1110101000101 1111010101 11101 1111 1110101000101 1111010101 11101 1111 1110101000101 1111010101 1110101000101 1111010101 11101 1111 1110101000101 1111010101 11101 1101 11101010001 11111111 10101 11101 1101 11111111 10101 11111111 110 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, laid are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same words i, thought 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 hot is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word sight at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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