This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Stopped Waiting For You To Grow that begins with:

Let's not forget.
And with my assistance, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcbXedaeaXXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101010 011 11010 10101101 0101101 101 10111111 10010 11011101 1 1111 01111001 111 111 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 and is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of I'Ve Stopped Waiting For You To Grow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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