This is an analysis of the poem Your Beauty Is Enough that begins with:

You've got me rockin'.
You've got me rollin'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXBC dXXCE AAXBC dDFFEEXdDFFEEE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11110 11110 01111 011100 11111111 1111111 11 011100 110001 11110 11110 11110 01111 011100 1111000101 11000101 11000101 11000101 110001 110001 111000101 11000101 11000101 11000101 110001 110001 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you've, got, me, beautiful, enough, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you've, and, you're are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines enough is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Your Beauty Is Enough;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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