This is an analysis of the poem Your Thoughts Are Always Wanted that begins with:

Your thoughts are always wanted,
Around me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDCD ABbeb CfBCgC CXbhh CfBCgCXABCBDCDcBCeCBCCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,5,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 011 110111 011 0100010101 11001101 101010101 1111110 011 10111001 101011100 11001111000 111101 010 111101001 01000100 1 1010001001 111101 01 01111001 1011101011 10110101001 111101 010 111101001 01000100 1 1010001001 1111110 011 110111 011 0100010101 11001101 101010101 1110 10101001 1110 10110100 110 10101001 1110 110 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; to, i, love, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words your, i 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 it is repeated).

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  • summary of Your Thoughts Are Always Wanted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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