This is an analysis of the poem My Skeleton, My Rival that begins with:
Interesting that I have to live with my skeleton.
It stands, prepared to emerge, and I carry it ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcde fghc giXahhfb hiaigiihjcidjeXb ijdXbaiXggiaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,8,16,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10001110101100 010100111100 010101100111 1101101110011 110 10010101 0111011111 1011011010 111 1100111 1001111101 01010001 1110010011 1011111101010 110110110 11111111001 11101101 00111000111 0010101111 010101101 0101001111 00010111 11111111 01010101010 1010111110 1010011110111 11111111 10101110101 1101010111 1101110001 11110101 111101111010 10100 101000001 101010101 1011011011 0001011111100 0011101101 1111110 101101010101 010011100 1110111010 100110100010 01010101 010100110100 110110001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, it, my, to, be, not, no, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, or, to are repeated.
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