This is an analysis of the poem Like No Other One that begins with:

You've got me,
And I feel it's for real....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCcB AbCcB DBDEDBFB DBDEDBFB ABCcB DBDE Abab DBDEDbXDBDBDBDB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,8,5,4,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111011 011 0 1101 111 1110011 011 0 1101 111101 111101 111101 001101 111101 11001 11101 1111011 111101 111101 111101 001101 111101 11001 11101 1111011 111 111011 011 0 1101 111101 11101 111101 01101 111 01101 1001111 010111 111101 11101 111101 01101 111101 001111110001 111101 11101 111101 11101 111101 11101 111101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words you've, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words appeal, real at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Like No Other One;
  • central theme;
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