This is an analysis of the poem The Bottom Has Been Knocked Out that begins with:
I've given to you all that I am.
And still you're talking, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC DBE FDgFGa HiC gFDgFGa ABC DBE FDgFGa iCCC gFDgFGaXHiCfHiCCH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,3,7,3,3,6,4,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011111 11110 0101 110011111 111100 0101 1111 10011 1 111 10011 101 101101111 0 0101011 1 111 10011 1 111 10011 101 110011111 11110 0101 110011111 111100 0101 1111 10011 1 111 10011 101 0 0101011 011 0101011 1 111 10011 1 111 10011 101 101101111 0 0101011 1 101101111 0 0101011 011 101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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