This is an analysis of the poem Ego that begins with:
I just didn't get it—
even with the teacher holding an orange (the earth) in one hand...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaaXdXbeXXXXXcaXXedbdffXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 1000101011001011 1010010010 01001001100100011 111010 011010111010010110 1111010110 110101110101101 11001100111111 101100101101101 10111101101101 1011110010011001010 1111110110001010000100 111111010101001 1110010110 0111011010 101010110100110 1011110100111 1011111101010 1110111101111101011 0100101111010 00010101001 11010101010100 1010010000101 111101110110101 110100111010101010 11011011011001 111001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1506
- Average number of words per stanza: 281
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, one, of, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, even, the, just are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ego;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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