This is an analysis of the poem My Dear that begins with:
I don't approve of everything,
I hear you say and do! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAbbcbaadaeXbdXbc eaffXAXbgbbahcahh ihgg CCCAAIIEI CCCAAIIEI dX XcjXgaabjXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,17,4,9,9,2,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 111111 1110100001 10001001101 11111100 1101 101 1101111101 101001 110101111 0100 1010100 11001 1110101 00100110 0100 011011101 101000 11111 1101010 01101010 11010100 111111 1001000111 101000 101000010 101111 111010 111111 1111011001 1010111101 1101001111 1111 111111 11111 10100101 111001 1111111 11011 111101 1011101 111 000111 11000 111101 00110100 01111101 11011 111101 1011101 111 000111 11000 111101 00110100 01111101 1111 111001 11011 1011 0011 11111 111 11101001 011 11 11 11111100 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, can are repeated.
The author used the same words you, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word tears at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of My Dear;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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