This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Got Me that begins with:

You've got me,
Beaming down from the stars....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABCDC AEAEBFC AEAEAc ABABCDC AEAEBFC ABDC aBDC ggABDC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,7,7,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 101001 111 101011 1101100 10100 1010 111 111011 111 1111001 0101011 1010111 01010 111 111011 111 1111001 111 10101010 111 101001 111 101011 1101100 10100 1010 111 111011 111 1111001 0101011 1010111 01010 111 101011 10100 1010 1111 101011 10100 1010 1 11 111 101011 10100 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word fever at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of You'Ve Got Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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