This is an analysis of the poem He Is Really Something that begins with:

He is really something!
He always likes to compete...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXA bXabXA X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1111001 0011 0101 1101 01101 001 1101 011110 0101 010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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

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  • summary of He Is Really Something;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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