This is an analysis of the poem He Is Quiet And So Am I that begins with:

He is quiet and so am I.
He sips tea with lemon, while I drink coffee. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdbbaeebffaXXeecceeXXXdbda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 11101011110 10100011 11110111 1111101010 11011101 1110101 1101111 1101010 1101010 0111011 11011001 111011001 111010101 0111 110101010101 1110110 10110110 11111 11011 110100001 1110100001001 11001010011111 1101001001111 110001 11101010 110010011 11010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 968
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines glance, something, fur, watching, foot, song are repeated).

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