This is an analysis of the poem To The Reader Of ‘university Notes’ that begins with:

Ah yes, we know what you're saying,
As your eye glances over these Notes:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXXd efefghgh fifiXfjf agagchch fbfbXXXX kjkjglgl hddhfgfg mffmagagXjhhjfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 111101011 110111110 01110001 111010010 0010110011 11110100010 11111 1111010110 101011001 1011110010 101001011 1110011010 01001111 111010010 00010 1110010010 101011011 1110011010 111111001 1110010110 111001011 110010010 11001 1011110010 101011001 1010110110 111101011 1110111110 001011011 1110110010 101001 1010110010 01001011 1111111010 111111001 1111010110 11101010 1011110110 11101 1110010010 111101001 110110010 111011111 110110010 10101101 1111111010 11101 10000101 01010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010001 11110101 110001 11000101 11110101 11010101 10110101 11011001 010010011 11110101 110001 11110001 11010101 10100101 11000101 01111111 11011101 01111101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, with, our, of are repeated.

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

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

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

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