This is an analysis of the poem Only Because I Truly Exist, You Exist! that begins with:

Only because I truly exist, you exist! Without me, you cannot be!
You will exist only as long as I exist!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXa cdXaB XcacAB dXXbAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110011010111100 100110111101 01110011101001010100 1101101100 1111000110001 1110011001100101 000010010011 1001110011010111100 100110111101 0101010110 11110011001 110100010110100 001001000101010 1001110011010111100 100110111101 11010101100101 111010010 1011011110 0010010001 1001110011010111100 100110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; exist, you, i, be, as, siva, jiva are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Only Because I Truly Exist, You Exist!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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