This is an analysis of the poem When I Had A Crush On You that begins with:
When I had a crush on you,
You acted as if I did not exist....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcd Abbc Aceb AdX efXf caXaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,3,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 1101010101 10100011010 10001000010 1110111 11001101 11101101000 110100010010 1110111 1101010 1111011 111010100111 1110111 0111010 101110111 11011011001 111110001 1010110001 1001 100101111 110110111 100101 100101011 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word when 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 you connects the lines.
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