This is an analysis of the poem Unlock That Box Just For You that begins with:
The key to feeling happy and free...
Unlock that box....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCDC AEF AGG AXb AEF AGG ABCCDC ACC ACC ACC ACCC ACCB HCB HCB HCBXHBHBHCbHBHBHCHBHBHcHBHBHCBHBHBHBHBHB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,3,3,4,4,3,3,40,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101011 0111 1101001111 010011001 010101110 01010101011 010101011 1101110011 1100101110 010101011 1100110111 11111101101 010101011 110010111 110101101 010101011 1101110011 1100101110 010101011 1100110111 11111101101 010101011 0111 1101001111 010011001 010101110 01010101011 010101011 0111111 1011111101 010101011 0111111 1011111101 010101011 0111111 1011111101 010101011 0111111 0111111 0111111 010101011 0111111 0111111 0111 110 0111111 0111 110 0111111 0111 110 0111111 0111 110 0111 110 0111 110 0111111 011 110 0111 110 0111 110 0111111 110 0111 110 0111 110 011111111 110 0111 110 0111 111 0111111 0111 110 0111 110 0111 111 0111 111 0111 111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, and, you've, got, you, unlock, that, box, get, out are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, you've, unlock are repeated.
The author used the same words the, 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 out is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words about, box at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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