This is an analysis of the poem Wanting To Meet Love To Give People that begins with:

Ah-ah-ah-ooo,
You send me......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAaXAaX X XbCADADA DEDEDEDE DXbCADADA DEDEDEDE XDX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,8,8,9,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111 01010111 1111 111 1 1100 0111 11 111 110 10011101 111 111111000 111 111100101 111 0100110110 111 100110110 111 0100110110 111 100110110 11 11 111 110 10011101 111 111111000 111 111100101 111 0100110110 111 100110110 111 0100110110 111 100110110 1111 11 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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; ah, me, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ah connects the lines.

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