This is an analysis of the poem With Steady Open Arms that begins with:
When you wanna you will come to me.
With steady open arms....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB ABBD ABCB ABBD EBEB EBBDB EBEB EBBDB ABCB ABBD EBEBXEBBDB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101 010101 10001110 1111 111010101 010101 010111 111111 111010101 010101 10001110 1111 111010101 010101 010111 111111 1101111 010101 10111111 1111 1101111 010101 010111 111111 111101 1101111 010101 10111111 1111 1101111 010101 010111 111111 111101 111010101 010101 10001110 1111 111010101 010101 010111 111111 1101111 010101 10111111 1111 1101111 010101 010111 111111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The author used the same words when, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of With Steady Open Arms;
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