This is an analysis of the poem We Be...Most Times Happy that begins with:
We be...
Young....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAcAaAd AEFAGAHIC AbAcAaAd AEFAGAHICXAEFAHIC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 111 11111 10 10111111 10 1110 10101 101 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 111 11111 10 10111111 10 1110 10101 101 10 111 11111 10 1110 10101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; we, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word loved at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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