This is an analysis of the poem I Was On My Way To The Bahamas that begins with:
How dare you say you have a love for me...
With respect and much interest in my well being? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc ddbbb XeXbX eaecXXed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110111 0011110001110 11110101001 111000 111100111 1110111 00001 111111 11001 110110010101101 10011 111111001101 11111101 11 1111010011 11111001011001 11010110111 1111100010 111000 11111 1010100100011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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 word i 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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