This is an analysis of the poem You Are Deserving Of The Best that begins with:

Turn around and look at me.
Nothing on my face expresses, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC defXgf bABC egeXdaaehfh AbBCbiXi fefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,4,11,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 10111010 11010001010 101011010010 1101100 1101 111010100 1001111 1111 1 1011111 10111010 11010001010 1100101 11010011 111010111 1101110 011 1110111 011 11 110011 10100111 11101 1011111 1 10111010 11010001010 01100100111 10 10100011 111101101 1101001101 10111 11010001 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i, to, you are repeated.

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

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