This is an analysis of the poem You See...There Was Just Too Many Of Us! that begins with:
I smell my grandmother's molasses cookies.
Deep dish apple and peach pies....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXXd ee fddXbagc XXhXeX iiceX aagej Xdecd jXi ai hf g g ieckjbjc jXXceeXXk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,8,6,5,5,5,3,2,2,1,1,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001010 1110111 1101111 111101001 01110 1100 1011 1111101 01110111 111110 100011 001 11100010 0111 01001001010 100 10010101 1 1 01 1101 011100 1111111 111101 101011111 111101101 111101 111100011 101011110 100110111 01111 1011011 001010100100 1010010101 1010111 010 01111110001 1111 111101 10111001 111011 10101011 01011101 101101101 010 1010011 1010010 11 11111001 1111010101 111010101 010011 101 10 11 1 100001100100 11100111010110 10111 10010 0101101010 1011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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, of, who, i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, no are repeated.
The author used the same words i, no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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