This is an analysis of the poem We Will Still Be Great that begins with:
I thought you said to take as long as I needed.
Why do I have to pay you back 'now'? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aX bc aX deX bX c daeeeeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,3,2,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111110 111101111 1001011 110110 1 11110101 110111 1100111 111110111 111110111100 1101101101100111 111 11010111 110111010101 100000 1110011101 111111101 1111011101010 1 10101 10 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, same, people, you are repeated.
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- summary of We Will Still Be Great;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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