This is an analysis of the poem Read Me Like A Book that begins with:
You wish to read me like a book?
Good....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcb deebfggdf AbXcch becc ibecg jejgbj Abba Xecgei AbhefbiXj Abiic XhcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,6,4,5,6,4,6,9,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 0 1011101 101000001001 1110101001111 110101 1011101100 011111 1111101 01 01 11010111 1 11011101 0 1110101111 0111 100101 10 1101010 0110011 101110101 110100111 1001010011 001010010 101011010 010101101 10100111001 11011111 11111 11110111 110000101 111111101 1111101101 11011101 0 11010101 110111 1111 10111010 1001011101 11101 010101110010 10011101 11011101 0 111010 110001010 111 1110111101 100001011110 010 111 11011101 0 11011 11011 1111011 111 10 11110 11
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 62
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, some, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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