This is an analysis of the poem One More Contradiction that begins with:

Did I fulfill what I had to, here, on earth?
I was a guest in a house under white clouds ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXacXcbXaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01011110111 11010011011 11011100101 1101010111001 01110111110 1110111011010 10101100101 0101110100100 11011111101 0100011010001 00110101001 11001011110 1111101110 11110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; i, would are repeated.

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