This is an analysis of the poem You Know This Story Too! that begins with:
Salty tears.
Flowing down on cheeks....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX B Xaa B XXc B Xcc Bb aXXXBb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,3,1,3,1,3,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 10111 101110100 110101 10010101 0100100100 110100101 110101 0100101001 00100100 0101101 110101 11011001001 1011000111 1011111101 110101 11 11101 010111 11001000 110101 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 you connects the lines.
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- summary of You Know This Story Too!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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