This is an analysis of the poem You Have A Good Day Too that begins with:

Don't you wish folks you confide in,
Were more reliable? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcd XXacef Xdea geX gfb XXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 010100 111011101 101 0101 10111011 111110 11001010101 0110101 1111001111 0111001011110 1110111 0101 11101001001 1110101110010 1 1111011111 0100010 111 1100101 1101 1 110 110011 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, to, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.

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  • summary of You Have A Good Day Too;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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