This is an analysis of the poem Two Like Us Will that begins with:

I'm composing something special for you.
I'm composing something for you, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaX Abca BDBbcBDXe FgE fgeFgE FgEXFgE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,9,3,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101011 00101011 01011010 0010101011 11111 1 1001101 1111 101010 1111 110101 1 1111 101010 1111 0111011 11110 11 101 110100 010101011 11 11110 11 101 11110 11 101 11110 11 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; i'm, you, composing, something, for, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.

    The author used the same words i'm, and 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 love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Two Like Us Will;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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