This is an analysis of the poem You Started This Fire that begins with:
I lay with you and it's,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCC X ABCCCdCdC X bXXXade BEfG BEfG CBHBB DFIAJ CBHBB DFIAJ ABBCBCBCdBCdC X CBHBB CBHBdBB CBdB HBdBBXdBdBdBdB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,9,1,7,4,4,5,5,5,5,13,1,5,7,4,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 1010 0011011 11010101 111 110110 1010 0011011 11010101 11010101 01 11010101 01 11010101 111 1110010 00110111 10 110000 00 101 1101 110011010 111101 1 1111111 110011010 111101 1 1111111 1110101 110110010 11010111011 110110010 0111010 1111011 111011 111011 001 0111 1110101 110110010 11010111011 110110010 0111010 1111011 111011 111011 001 0111 110110 1010 110110010 0011011 110110010 11010101 110110010 11010101 01 110110010 11010101 01 11010101 111 1110101 110110010 11010111011 110110010 0111010 1110101 110110010 11010111011 110110010 01 110010 0111010 1110101 110110010 01 110010 11010111011 110110010 01 110010 0111010 01 110010 01 110010 01 110010 01 110010
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 93
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; aaahhh, to, and, penetrates, get, things, ding, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you, to are repeated.
The author used the same words now, 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 things is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words teeth, desire at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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