This is an analysis of the poem It Has Been All About You that begins with:

It has been all about you.
You can not go around, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC aXXXc ABC ddeeab AaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 111101 00010011 1001010110101 0101001001010 101001001011 011011 1110101 0101011 111101 00010011 10101 1101001011 00111101111 110101111101 10111111 110111001010110 0101011 10111101011 11110011101011 11111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you 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 It Has Been All About You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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