This is an analysis of the poem Looking At You that begins with:
I feel abundantly blessed.
God has turned me around, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaXa X bac Xd bdXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,3,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 111101 001010 001001 110111 1101 110101 0111 11101100 011101111001001 011010100100 1101111 111011010101 11101011 110111 0001010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same words i, this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Looking At You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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