This is an analysis of the poem Let The Sun In You that begins with:
And you...
Have spent so many days, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCDeEACFeEEGA XcXhehbXh ABCCDeEACFeEEGAXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 111101 01 11111001 1111010 1 1110111 10111101 111101 111110 1 1010101 1111111 11111 1110111 011 1111 11011011 11111 1110101 111111 1110101 110101 110101 11 111101 01 11111001 1111010 1 1110111 10111101 111101 111110 1 1010101 1111111 11111 1110111 10101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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, let are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, try 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 words/phrases why, try connect the lines.
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