This is an analysis of the poem I Can’t Touch The Sun that begins with:
No I can't touch the clouds for you I've never reached the sun for you
I've never done the things that you need done for you...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaab bbbbX cccaXXaaaaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111010111 110101111111 1111111111010111 111101110111 1111011101 1111111111110101 11111010101 111101110111001 111111111101 111111111 111011111011101 11111011101 11110101111110101 111111111111 00111111111 1111111111110101 0101110011101 1011011111110101 110101110101 11101110111 111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, for, i, i've, can't, again, and, your, know, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, no, i are repeated.
The author used the same word no 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 you, again, for are repeated).
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