This is an analysis of the poem Amo, Ergo Sum that begins with:

Whatever seemed to reign within my breast,
Ere now, or reigned in the true sovereign's room,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb XcXcb adadb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101010111 11110011001 1101111101 1011010011 1011110101 1011111111 1011010011 11101111100 1111010101 0111111101 1111110101 1111010111 1111011101 1101011111 1011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Amo, Ergo Sum;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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