This is an analysis of the poem What Difference Would That Make that begins with:
I have known that person for many years.
I know what they do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccX XX bd XX b XX aaXd X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,2,1,2,4,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101100 11111 11111 11111 11111101 101000 1101111011 111 11101 11111 111101 111101001 1 1111110101 1010 11011110 11001101 1111110011 110101000 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, know, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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