This is an analysis of the poem You Are Not Alone that begins with:
What purpose do I serve...
If not to validate the presence of my existence? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCABB ABXdbd dbdeXf ABCABB XX cdcdXc X fe XbX XX bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,2,6,1,2,3,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 01010001001010 01101010 11010101 1111011100 00100101111100 110111 01010001001010 111011010 001000001 0111010100101 11110100000101 101001000001001 1111001101010 0010100111101 1110011110 1111001 1011111100101001 110111 01010001001010 01101010 11010101 1111011100 00100101111100 1 101 1111 1110001111 1011101 1010101 111010011 1101 11011 101 010 111 11010 111100 1 11 111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, with, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The author used the same word what 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 we connects the lines.
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