This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Been Reviewing That Same Message For Years that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAB acdeeXfgX XfhaX X eb ehXaihhahaieh chdgX aAB X cX jgaiXjdjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,5,1,2,13,5,3,1,2,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010000100 100010100110 11011110011 111011111 11101 0101101 1110111101110 11010111010101 111011001111 1011001 110110101 111 11 11110011111110 111011010111 1110101001110111 10011000 1 11110 1101 010 10111101 011101010 10100011 111100010101010 1111011011 0110101111 100101010101 11101101011101 0101010 1110101010 11011011101 11 11001 01010100101 1000010 0111010011101 1 1010000100 100010100110 110111111 1 11010 11 10010111010 1011101 111110010 1011010011 11010011 0100100101 01011001001001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, to, yeah, you, as, me are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I'Ve Been Reviewing That Same Message For Years;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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