This is an analysis of the poem Needed Just One Body that begins with:
You needed just one body to be close to touch.
You needed just one body to love you so much....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABCD XXXdeeX FGeBhD FGeBhD AABCDXeBhDhfgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,6,6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111000101 110111001111 111111110 11111 01 11110001 1101 01 111101010101101 11010111 1 11101 1111011101110 111101111011 1 11010111010 1 1101011101 1111011101110 111101111011 1 11010111010 1 1101011101 110111000101 110111001111 111111110 11111 01 1 11010111010 1 1101011101 1 11111101110 10101110011 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
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; you, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and are repeated.
The author used the same words you, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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