This is an analysis of the poem Are You The New Person, Drawn Toward Me? that begins with:

ARE you the new person drawn toward me?
To begin with, take warning--I am surely far different from what you... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXcbXaXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101011 001011011101100011 01 110110101101 111011001101110 11101001100111010 1111110110 111110101011100 1001 1101100101110101010 1 11111101010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, think are repeated.

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

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