This is an analysis of the poem Much Like Me that begins with:
Much like me, you make your way forward,
Walking with downturned eyes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB XbXb cded ebaB Xfbf caXd gaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111110 1001001 1111110 101111 11111100 01111010 11111010 10101111 11111011 11111111 11111110 0101111 011001010 1110100 111011010 101111 11101010 0111001 01111110 101011001 111011111 10001011 100011010 10001101 11011011 0101111 1110011 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word easily is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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