This is an analysis of the poem Thank You Burt Bacharach And Hal David that begins with:
I am not a child.
I never had that opportunity, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbb XaacX dadcc aXXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 1101110100 00111011 1111011 111111 1111101 01100111011 11101010 1111111 11011010 111100100 11001 01110 111010010101 0111 1111001110 111 1111010 110111000 1101010010111001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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