This is an analysis of the poem 'There Goes My Baby' that begins with:
I use to find myself staring at her.
She was so very beautiful, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXa X b cbX deecc XXdf b gX cehXhdb iccdgdf XgXXX iaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,1,3,5,4,1,2,7,7,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111010 11110100 110 111110111 111110 101111 11110110 11010101 11010101 010101 11010100111 1101 0100100 1010111 11110 1010 1110101 11110 111011011 111001010010 100 101 101111 10100 1111011 11 11010010 11110101010 01101 101101010101 111110101 10001 001110 0111010 11 10101 01110 10101010 101 1000 0101000110 101010100 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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