This is an analysis of the poem Weapons Test that begins with:
How much do you love me?
I'm going to leave if that is not confessed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cdbb ae dfgce gfX dbcdabXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,5,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111 01001010101 11010111 01111 1110101100 11011001 11110001 111110001 01011001101 101110101 1001010011101 11101011010 1101011 0101 011011 110110111 100 1101 01010110100 011111101 01011111 00110101 0110101010100101 1110101 10101110100010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
The author used the same words why, i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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