This is an analysis of the poem On A Wild Horse that begins with:
You really blow me away.
By those things you say....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab cXdcc XXaXaXbdbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 11111 10011110 11111011 110101 1011 101110 01101000101 1 11 11101 111010101 1011 1111111101 1000110111 0101011010 001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 17
- 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 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 words i, you are repeated.
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