This is an analysis of the poem Really! You 'Can' Imagine That? that begins with:
Anyone who wishes,
To discuss the value they place......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcbcbaa Xdd XX eba XeX f eX cea X cbc bX cca XX fdb XaX eeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,2,3,3,1,2,3,1,3,2,3,2,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 00101011 010010101 0100001 0010000001 01110100010 11011001011000 11001110001 100101101101 110 111010101000 10011100 11 1110101110011 11010111 1000100 1010101 1 1111010 0101101110 10110101 1111 111110000 110111101 011110 010010001010 1110101 11101011011 0101001101010 0011000101 111000 101010001101011 1010 11100100 1101010001 1 11 110 0100 111100100111 1 1010101100101 11011 100011010 0110001101 111111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
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