This is an analysis of the poem You Want To Be A Real Big Witch that begins with:
You want to really be a witch?
Well......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCdEFF AbCdEFF CD DD DDDdDXCDDDADCADCADADADA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,2,23,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 1 111101010 1 11100 1001 111 11000111 1 111101010 1 11100 1001 111 11000101010110 11 11 11 11 11 11 111001 11 11000101010110 11 11 11 11000111 11 11000101010110 11000111 11 11000101010110 11000111 11 11000111 11 11000111 11 11000111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; you, want, to, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you 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 poet repeated the same words split, you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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 Want To Be A Real Big Witch;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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