This is an analysis of the poem You Are Just A Small Part Of All Of It that begins with:

You wish to live life,
On your terms? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcXc dedXXcfbX gcf gXcc bbXgcab dXXbeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,3,4,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 111 1011111 101011010 001111111 01010100111 111011 01101011010 11110 1010110110010 110 1110111 111111 11111 111100 101001100 111110100111 1001011 1001 1111110110 1010101 10101001 100111 1111010 111101000 1011 111 1110110100 11011101 101101 110100101 101111101 11101 11100001 11011010 011110101 0111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.

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  • summary of You Are Just A Small Part Of All Of It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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