This is an analysis of the poem You Aren'T Prepared To Share Your Candy that begins with:

May I have some of what you are feeling?
Whatever it is it makes you shine......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXXb aXccd AaXXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011110 110000111 001001 1100001110 10010101 1110101 011001110 001111 01011 11011101 1001100110100 1111011110 1110111010 100100100101 1110100100 1111101111 101100101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of You Aren'T Prepared To Share Your Candy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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