This is an analysis of the poem You Can'T Define The Single Life that begins with:
You can't define the single life.
Unless you're doing it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC BDD ABC BDD XXEcXE AECECEAECECCCE AECECEAECECCCEAEXAEAECCAE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,6,14,25,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 011100 1111 01011111 11110101 1011101 11010101 011100 1111 01011111 11110101 1011101 111010010 1101 0101011 110101010 10111111 0101011 11010101 1001 01011101 1001 01010111 1001 11010101 1001 01011101 1001 01010111 01010111 01010111 1001 11010101 1001 01011101 1001 01010111 1001 11010101 1001 01011101 1001 01010111 01010111 01010111 1001 11010101 1001 11010101 1001 11010101 1001 01010111 01010111 11010101 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; it's, hard, to, fall, asleep, some, nights are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nights is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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