This is an analysis of the poem Many Tears To Deliver What It Is I'Ve Got that begins with:

I've been told I use people,
For my own personal gain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB Xcdefge gfXhXf AB efcccf hbfeXdffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,6,2,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 1111001 11101 10011100 1010111 1 11 1010010100 11 11101 01111 101101 0110100 11101101 011 1011110 1111001 110111111 11011010001 0011011011 111111 101100101 1111001010100 1001100101110 01110101010 10110010110 11001110011 1 11111001000 110111 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

    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; i, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Many Tears To Deliver What It Is I'Ve Got;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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