This is an analysis of the poem No Adam For Your Eve that begins with:

You can play your tricks,
In any kind of mix....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC DADEF CGGHI AABC DADEF CGGHIXhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,4,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 010101 111101 1011010 11111 110001 111111 11101001 1111110 11111 111101 1010101 111110111 111010 11111 010101 111101 1011010 11111 110001 111111 11101001 1111110 11111 111101 1010101 111110111 111010 101110111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; you is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of No Adam For Your Eve;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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