This is an analysis of the poem Yes I Love You that begins with:

When you jump up,
And you wanna take a long drive in your car....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbCCC XbCCC bdddXXaXXCCC XCCC XCCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,12,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11101011011 101010011110001 1110000101010101 10 1 111 111 11 10 1 111 111 11 111000101100101 00101010 11100110 10011010 1 1111111011 001111 101011 10 1111 111 11 10 1111 111 11 10 1111 111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word oh 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 you is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Yes I Love You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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