This is an analysis of the poem You Fulfill My Needs that begins with:

The way You fulfill my needs...
I witness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcdXdXCEAACEXdXaccABCEAACEXfbXccABcfaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 110 1101 10111101 11001 111111111 11101111101 111011 1101 1111001110 0110111 1101001 0101 11001010 00010 110101111 11010001 11111 1111111111 1110111 110 111011 1101 1111001110 0110111 1101001 0101 01011110 1010111 10110111110 0101101010 1001001 1110111011 1110111 110 1110110111 1101101111 1110101 1111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 225
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; you, i, have, they, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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