This is an analysis of the poem So I Said I Am Ezra that begins with:

So I said I am Ezra
and the wind whipped my throat...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbdAeXXeXeddXeXdAdXbdcee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 101111 10101011 110001 11011110001 1000111 1110 110110001 010101 001001 1101001 101100 10011101 1111110001 11101 001110 1100101 11001010101 11 1110 10111010 11010 1110110001 10101 11010101 1101 0100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 733
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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