This is an analysis of the poem Who Do You Want Me To Be For You This Week? that begins with:
Who do you want me to be for you this week?
Someone conservative and works alot? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbcdbCeA AfcXgehCeA biggjggXfbkbcdidb bbfiXcdc Xj heffcdgjg XhgXXkg iibeAfi bi AbXcji bdgiX AiidbdXaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,17,8,2,9,7,7,2,6,5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001101 1101001101 1111101110 1111111101 11 011111010010 111011 111 101100 1101 11111001101 10100101010 0111111 1110101011010 110011010 111 101100101 111 1100 1101 1011101101 011101101010110 1110010111110 110 11101110 011110101 1 1101101 110110010 0111011 1110110 111111 1111 0101011101 111010101111 0111001111 101000111 0011111100001 11 1101110 01010100 11011110 0001101 1110111 110011111111 1110011001011 11011111111 11100 111110101 1010 111111010 10111 1111010111 11110 01 10011101 1101100 101 011111110 1010 1101100 101010100 10111010101 10111101011111 1101110111101 1111 100 1101 1100010 1111010010010 011100110101101 1 11111001101 11110101 101101111001111 101111100111111 111011 11111100 110010011 11101010 1110010100 11110101000 111001001 11111001101 111011 1001110010110 11101010 1100110111 110111010101010 1101010110 0111 1011101110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.
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; who, you, to, what, and, one, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, and, was are repeated.
The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines week is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word week at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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