This is an analysis of the poem Deliverance Through Art that begins with:

When I am making poetry I'm good
And happy then. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXabcdcdXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010000 1101 1100110100 0101 11011111001 1110 01100101111 0111 1011001100 1101 10110111000 0101 1111011000 10011 1011001100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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