This is an analysis of the poem You And Me, Baybee that begins with:

You and me, baybee
We know what this is about! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABBB cXDXX XeeX cXDXX XABBBXBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1110001 11101111 00101 11 1 1111 11001010 1101111000 0010011100 1111 110100110 110101101 0111011 1 1111 11001010 1101111000 0010011100 1111 1110001 11101111 00101 11 11101111 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; we is repeated.

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

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  • summary of You And Me, Baybee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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