This is an analysis of the poem I Use To Have Your Number that begins with:

I use to have your number,
At my finger on speed dial....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBB ABCB Ddefc DXegc ABBB ABCB efXfcc ABBB ABCB X eXbX hccabX XX fchccg cfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,5,4,4,6,4,4,1,4,6,2,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 11101110 011101101 011111 1101110 11101110 1111101 111011001 10011 10001 0101010001 1110101 1111111 10011 1101110 1011 1011010 101100 1101110 11101110 011101101 011111 1101110 11101110 1111101 111011001 01000110111 0110010101 1101110 01101 1010111 11000101101 1101110 11101110 011101101 011111 1101110 11101110 1111101 111011001 10 1 101 1110 1111001 010 1 111 0001010 111 1000010 10 11110111 1 11111 0111100 1 1111011111 11101101 11 011 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of I Use To Have Your Number;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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