This is an analysis of the poem President Obama-Nobel Peace Prize that begins with:
Did you hear?
'Hear what? '...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X Xab XbcadX c cX cXc XX Xdcb XX XX eaeX Xec XX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,6,1,2,3,2,4,2,2,4,3,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 111 101110 1101001 00111 1 01010010 111 010001110 0100100 1101110100 110011010010 111011101 0100001010011 11100100 1110111010 11111010 110 111000101101 11111100110 101101111010010 1111010101011 101010001011100 100 110111111 01110 1110001 111 1001001 11111011 1110111010000 11001001100 11 1001101 11 10100100101 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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