This is an analysis of the poem You Give Me That You Like Me Nod that begins with:

You give me that you like me nod.
And I......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC ABC ABCDEDfGCE ABCDEDfGCE ABC ABCXABCccaDEDfGCEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,10,10,3,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11 11 11111111 11 11 11111111 11 11 1011100 01 11011100 1010 1101010 011 11 11111111 11 11 1011100 01 11011100 1010 1101010 011 11 11111111 11 11 11111111 11 11 11111111 11 11 1101 0101010111 1 1011100 01 11011100 1010 1101010 011 11 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; you, me, nod 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines back is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words back, that at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of You Give Me That You Like Me Nod;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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