This is an analysis of the poem When I Write Poems that begins with:

When I'm embraced by airy inspiration,
I am a bridge between the sky and earth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBAC defe dgfg XeaeXaBAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101010 1101010111 01111100010 1101110001 1011100110 111101011 100101010100 0101010101 11111101010 1101110111 10110110010 1101011101 11110101110 101110011 0101011010 1101010011 01010011010 1101010111 01111100010 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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