This is an analysis of the poem Influence that begins with:
This I think as I go my way:
What can matter the words I say,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa XXabX bbeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111 11100111 111100111 010111101 01111101 11101111 010111101 1100100101 01111101 11101111 1101100100 110110101 11010 100101001 10111 10100101101 1010110111 111101111 011111111 1010111101 0110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Influence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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