This is an analysis of the poem It's You, It's You, You Are Looking For that begins with:

It's you, it's you, you are looking for, just think and experience for yourself!
Why do you roam around in vain!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAcXcaA cbdcAXdaccA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111011110100110 11110101 0101111011110100110 1011111 1101000110100 111110101101 0101011111 0101111011110100110 01000011110101 0101010001011011 11010100010101 11110011 0101111011110100110 101010010101100 1011010101 01001010001 10101111 0101111011110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it's, for, your, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word only is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines game is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word yourself at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It's You, It's You, You Are Looking For;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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