This is an analysis of the poem To Be Cherished that begins with:
I'm not needing to be told,
I should have someone in my life......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd ceXb efbg bX degaXegfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110001 11111011 10010111111 0110001111 011100111 1000111 11010 0010101011 1111101010 010010 110111011 100110101011 1111010010 0010101 111 0111001110100 10111010 110011110001 1101 1111010 1010011010001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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