This is an analysis of the poem You Don'T Even Know Me that begins with:
You don't even know me.
Although you have been given clues....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcde AXbdEAfe ABCeEAXEXe AfdfddbeXAbCeEAfdeadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,10,22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 11110101 1111010 1010 1101 111011 0101110001 0101110110 101011101 11 111011 1101111 111111111 111011 11110101 11110101010 1101011101 11 111011 110111011 11 11111 1111 111011 1 101001101 1 101110111 0101111101 1111101111 1111111 111011 1111010111 11110101010 1010101101 11 111011 1 10101111101 01 011011 111010001 1011011 111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; to, you, i, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words although, to, you, i are 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 poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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