This is an analysis of the poem I Am The World that begins with:

I am the song, that rests upon the cloud;
I am the sun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcAdXdXXaeXcbcBeXeA afafghghfdfdgBXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101 1101010101 1101 1101010001 010100 1101010001 1101 0101110011 1001 1001111101 1110 1100111101 0111 01110000101 1101 1111010110 1001 1111111111 1101 0111010101 01100 0101010111 1101 1101110101 1111 1101010111 0101 1001110111 0111 0101010111 1111 1101110101 1011 11001011001 0101 1111110111 1101 1111110101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, all, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, of, till are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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