This is an analysis of the poem To See It To Experience It For Yourself that begins with:

You are not who I expected at all.
'I am not surprised by that....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXX abc X b dX X XbefeccX d ffgXfXgeX b XfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,1,1,2,1,8,1,9,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101011 1110111 101011 11010011101 01001010011 11111101 111110111010 10111011001 1111111 11 111111011001 111011110 1 111110101 01110111010110 1011110111 10110111 1101110101 10110100011010 10111111111 11 10101011 010001000110 1010101010 01110010 1010101101001 110111 1001001010 01101011 01110110100 1111010 1111110110010 1100101111 101001011000010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of To See It To Experience It For Yourself;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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