This is an analysis of the poem Only You Make It Better-Whenever that begins with:
I can't give dates when this happens,
Or......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCdEfD gXabCdEfD GDFBGDbebgH GDFBH IbhFHHFHH GDFBh IHIB IHfBB JJIBB JJIBBIXJJJiJJI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,11,5,9,5,4,5,5,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 1 1001 1 1110101 1 1001 11 111 111010 1 1001 1 1110101 1 1001 100011111 11001 111111111 1111 100011111 11001 011101 101 11 111111 11110 100011111 11001 111111111 1111 11110 101101001001 11111 10 11111101 1111010 1111010 11111101 1111010 1111010 100011111 11001 111111111 1111 1111110 101101001001 111110 101101001001 111101 101101001001 111110 101101001011101 111101 111101 1011010 1011010 101101001001 111101 111101 1011010 1011010 101101001001 111101 111101 101101001001 1011010010 1011010010 1011010010 01 1011010 1011010 101101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; i, know, you, like, it, only, make, better, whenever are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, i, only are repeated.
The author used the same words looking, only at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines better, whenever are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words must, caring, care, down at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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