This is an analysis of the poem My Body Is Going Through Some Changes that begins with:
Some of you have heard this comment before...
'You look good, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX cbc dbefX eeeegc fXdeh XfdXgf aiXcaehciXhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,6,5,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101001 110 1111 111101 1001 111010010 1111001001 101101010 110101011110 1001 1111111 11111 11110001110 110101110 1101011 10001110101 100101101011100 1 11101111 1 11 1010011 110 11 00111 11111111011010100 0110110101101 00101110111 11 11110001010 11111 110 11101 1100101110 010001110101 11101110 111101101 1101010 110010111001 11101 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 41
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, they are repeated.
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- summary of My Body Is Going Through Some Changes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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