This is an analysis of the poem Just For You And You Alone that begins with:

If I can not first touch you,
With words I pick......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbdeefccdXdXef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111 0111 111110101 1111 10011101 0110010 01100001000 11011001 111001 1111010100 111000011010 110 11000100101110 1 001001 01001101 0111010 11000110101 11011001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; you, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Just For You And You Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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