Me by Adrian Henri: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Me that begins with:

if you weren't you, who would you like to be?
Paul McCartney Gustav Mahler...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcd XXde fXXb bXXd XXXb ccgf XhX ieX gXd bhf XcXi XXXXhXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111100 10101010 1010110 10101010 1001111 10100110 1010101 01101010 1010111 111101 1001101 10101010 10010111 10101010 1010101 1110011100 1110101 00101010 1010110 10101010 111101 10010 1001110 101011 01011 10010010011 110011 01101 1010101 101100 1001010101 111101 11110 1001001001 101100 010100 101111001 111000 101010 110 10001 110110010 11000110001 10011010110 11010 1 101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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