This is an analysis of the poem You And Me that begins with:

I'm part of people I have known
And they are part of me;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab ababbb bcbcdd ececbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 111101 01011111 010111 11001001 100101 11001011 011111 11001101 000101 11010110 010001 11011101 110011 11011101 110101 01010101 110101 11111100 011101 11000100 010101 01010100 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; of, i, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word there's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of You And Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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