This is an analysis of the poem You And I Have Yet To Cross Those Paths that begins with:

You can not know what mood I am in.
You don't know me like that....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB cXd cXb ABXb ae deffgXb gXffXbb XbXXABd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,4,2,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110 111111 1110101111 110111010 10111001 10101111011 110011101 10100110 111111110 111111 11111100 0110100001 101110 00100111011 1111010 1100101101 1 111010000110101 0101011111 11100110 1111010011101 1111 00011001001010 1101110010 1110101001 101001100 0110101 10101111001 10001000 010101 001100011 111111110 111111 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, know, i, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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