This is an analysis of the poem You Can Get Over This And Them that begins with:

A phoniness expressed,
By those you consider friends......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cbdXee baafaXX bdgga fdaaadaa aaga aXfXf bdaa ecf fahdgha Xff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,7,5,8,4,5,4,3,7,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 1110101 1101 010011010 0110100 1101001 00110000 110 111010 110101 1101010111 111100 0010010 11101011 10111011 11101110111 1110111 0101111 010110101 111101 101010101001 111110110101 111111011 10110110001 1011001 11011001010 000100111 010110 01001111101 1 11111 111010101 1010001 1100101 011011 11 1110101 111 111111 11111 10011 1111011 100101010 11110110 01100101010010 01 11010111 1001 1101010010 1101 1111101110011 011111011 111 110 1100100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; they, you, to, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you are repeated.

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  • summary of You Can Get Over This And Them;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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