This is an analysis of the poem Pulled And Attached By Strings that begins with:
When you look at my face,
Do you see me? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCaD ACBEDFX ABCaD ACBEDFD BGFD BGFDXCBGFD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,7,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1111 111 1 0111 111111 11 11 11 11101 1111010 111 111111 1111 111 1 0111 111111 11 11 11 11101 1111010 110111 1111 11 01110 110111 1111 11 01110 110111 11 11 11 01110 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 do is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word strings at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Pulled And Attached By Strings;
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