This is an analysis of the poem Who Am I? that begins with:
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXXcdaXXdaXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1110101 1111011 110110010110 10101 10010101011 111110100 100 1100111101 1110110111101 1100011100100 11010010010 1010001001111 101010 11011110101010 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 562
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i are repeated.
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