This is an analysis of the poem Sisters that begins with:

me and you be sisters.
we be the same....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Cd Caa Cda CbeC CaXffAAa Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,3,4,8,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 1001 111 100011 111 01011 101110 111 0101 010110 111 1101110111 110111011 111 111 110 1101 11 11111 01001 01001 010 10111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words be, me, got are repeated.

    The author used the same word me 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 you, ourselves are repeated).

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  • summary of Sisters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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