This is an analysis of the poem Label Yourself Anything You Wish that begins with:
Why is it that you feel,
You 'must' seek a definition......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdXb cdXefecc gdh fddXcgh cXeeaaXX cXXXecc XefeeXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,3,7,8,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111 11101010 0101110011 1111100001 1100100 01111 1 10101010001 0101010111 0101010 01 110100100100 111101111 01 11 111101 11100101010 11011101011100 101101011010100 1111 111 1110101 1 11 11 11001 11101010111 1 01 0100 1010 110 11100100 111 11101101000 011001 111011111 101111 11011 001001 1111111 10001101 111111101 11 10011101111 11001000110 10100110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is 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 Label Yourself Anything You Wish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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