This is an analysis of the poem Won'T You Celebrate With Me that begins with:

won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbXXbaccaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110101 111100 010111110 10101 111110 1011000111 1101 110101 1011 111101 1111101 011101 1011011 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

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  • summary of Won'T You Celebrate With Me;
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