This is an analysis of the poem Read Between My Lines that begins with:
I'm going to make it easier for you,
To read between my lines....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba X c Xcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010011 010111 11101 110101010 10 1 1 11001011001 001001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of Read Between My Lines;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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