This is an analysis of the poem I Like That You Are Crazy Not With Me that begins with:

I like that you are crazy not with me,
I like that I'm not with you crazy, either,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcX dededeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110101 11101011010 1101010100 10011011110 1111110011 11011101110 110101001 11010101010 1110111111 1101111101 101111001 10110001011 1111010011 1111010011 1101011111 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and, for, not are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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