This is an analysis of the poem I Want To Die Before You that begins with:

I
want to die before you. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbefdggegXcbhbadcXeXdafgchbeccijibaaheakkbcXXaciij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101011 111111010 011101 1111 110111 111101011 001 0110101 01011 11111101 111101 1010101001 101010010 00100101 1110101 0101 1011101 11011 1111010 11011 010101 1101011 11101 11 0111 01 0110 111 10001011100 1101111 1010001010 11100110 100101110 010101000 100110 101 101 1 11011 1011001 101001 11010 10111101 101 1101110 111110100 10100 0111 1100110 010111101011 01011 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 260
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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

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