This is an analysis of the poem Make Promises To Keep that begins with:
Make promises to keep!
Breaking a promise, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdeee XeXbf begahig jXdgfX eGfe bckgX Xc fll fafkkb dd Xmbgg acehd XG ccm gkmiXjkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,5,7,6,4,5,2,3,6,2,5,5,2,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001 10010 01100110100 01 111100 1111 010101001 110 1110100 010100 11001110010 10110111 101110 1011011001 110111100010 0110101 1101101 11111010 0101001 111 1111010 01 110101001 111011 101001 10010110 110 10111 1101011001 101011111011 0110100 1111011111001 11 101101011 11101010 1110010 1111111100110 101 11001001 1110111 10111 11001101 111101101001 111001 111101 111111111 11011011001 1101111 11 10101 10110 100010 11010111 11111110100 111001010 1110100 11010111111 1 110 1110 010 011111 1110 111 11 1100101010 1100 0101 111001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 70
- 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me, as, we, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, and, we are repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bob connects the lines.
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