This is an analysis of the poem Lord, Make Me A Regular Man that begins with:
This I would like to be- braver and bolder,
Just a bit wiser because I am older, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcC aaddcC aXeecC aXffcC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110010110 10110011110 1011001111 101101001 0101111111 1101001101 01110010110 10010110010 1011001111 10010110001 0011101100 1101001101 01110010110 10110110110 1111001011 10011001001 1111011001 1101001101 01110010110 1001011001 1011011001 1011011001 0101111111 1101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; bit, just, i, of, to, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word just is 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 me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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