This is an analysis of the poem You Have Got To Know Me that begins with:
If you really want to know what it's like...
To hold a pillow tight without crying, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcBdEfG ABcBdEfG Ehefeee IHH IHHH IHIHHH IHIHIHIH ABcBdEfGcHHHC HHHC HHHC HHHC HHHC HHHC E CHJH E CHJH E CHJH ECEChhECHJHEcEHE EHEXEHEEi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,3,4,6,8,13,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,16,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101101 0101010110 1 10011010110 1 111011 0 101101 0110101101 0101010110 1 10011010110 1 111011 0 101101 111011 1 0101111 00 1 101 111011 1011 1110101111 1110101 1011 1110101111 111 111 1011011 1110101111 1011011 1110101 111 111 1011 1110101 1011 111 1011 1110101 1011 111 0110101101 0101010110 1 10011010110 1 111011 0 101101 1 1110101 111 1110101 1010 1110101 111 1110101 1010 1110101 111 1110101 1010 1110101 111 1110101 10 1110101 111 1110101 10 1110101 111 1110101 10 111011 1110 1001 0111 10110101 11101011 1110 1001 0111 1010101 111011 1110 1001 0111 10110101 111011 1110 111011 1110 101 0101101001 11101011 1110 1001 0111 1010101 111011 010 111011 01101 011 111011 01101 011 111011 01101 011 111011 01
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 118
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; we, can, get, together, and, feed, to, know, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, we, feed, to are repeated.
The author used the same words if, how, we, 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 need, me are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words leave, it, me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of You Have Got To Know Me;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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