This is an analysis of the poem You Know Michael's Here that begins with:

Dear Father?
'Yes......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XX bc XX adae fbfX gahc gX eiXgXgdjejjideeXa X abdh gXcXig XX KK
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,4,4,4,2,17,1,4,6,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1 101100 1 100100 111101110100 01111000100101010 10 111101 11101110 1010011010 110101 10011101 101 11101011011 11010 10 10001 0101001010 11 0100 1101110 001110001 111001001101 00010011101 10111111 1011111011 1010 01101 11110 101100 1111100 1100010111111 101110 01110111 1100111 01111101101 1100010101010 11111 10 1111 0110001 1111011 111 11010 111001101000 11 1010011 110001011 11101 1010 11 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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.

    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; and, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, love are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Know Michael's Here;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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