This is an analysis of the poem You Will Come Back To Me that begins with:

I am not that man,
You think you understand......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBbBcDEfc eXbgHE ebijXibb eXkgHE BLbJXkdMEDME BLbJXkDME aBbBaDEkDMEDME MFbeXmFe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,8,6,12,9,14,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111101 1 111101 1010101 011 111110111 101 01111011001 110110101 00111 1 0101 0011 011101 1111 101001101 1010110 111110 0101 1100 011 111 111 011111101 1 011 0011 011101 11 110100110 1 11010111 01010000 1 110 10 1101 110 10 1101 11 110100110 1 11010111 01010000 1 10 10 1101 11111 111101 1 111101 1011111 011 111110111 1 10 10 1101 110 10 1101 10 11 1 01 110 11 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; you, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of You Will Come Back To Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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