This is an analysis of the poem A Couple More Years that begins with:
I've got a couple more years on you, baby...that's all.
I've had more chances to fly and more places to fall. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabAA aaXaa aaaaXaabAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010111001 1111001111001 1011010 01011111011001 111101010111011 1101011111001 101001011101001 111011 11001111011111 111101000111011 11011111011011 11101111011101 111111011101111 1111101010111011 1101010111011 111111001111001 011010 01011111011001 111101010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; more, i've, to, and, all, you'll are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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