This is an analysis of the poem I Fight that begins with:

I was a small child
an outlet for my parents' rage, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbB cXXcB dXaeb fggb hXdie iefb aehhbb gaeeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,4,5,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11111101 011001 111 110110 10011 101011010 1101001 111 1110 11001 11101 01110 111 0111 11110100 10111 110011 11100 1101 1011 101010 001011 111110 1011001 10111111 1111 110101 0010101 1001 1101 1100101 1111 10111010 1101 110101 01111111 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words fought, fight at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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