This is an analysis of the poem Like A Breath Of Fresh Air that begins with:
You don't have to make it rain.
You don't have to make it thunder....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcb ccddb EFF EF ABEFFXEF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11101010 11010001 01110 1110111 101101 1001101 011 000010 111111101 111 101011 111111101 111 1110101 11101010 111111101 111 101011 111111101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; to, make, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, to are repeated.
The author used the same words you, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Like A Breath Of Fresh Air;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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