This is an analysis of the poem Today... The Thought Of You Disgust Me To Tears that begins with:
You are just not worthy,
Of my love and loyalty....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabccddXX AbEbdEf dXfbggXeh dcccdXah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 0111100 101101 00100010 1101 101110001001 11 10010101001 0001011011010 111110 01101101100 1010011 1101101101101 11010001101 1010011 101011111101 1011001000111 111010010010 1 1010111001 1010011101 110101110111 1000110100 01 010101101 10101101 10110100011 11010101101 10101101111 010101011 010010001011 111101110 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, you, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word tears at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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