This is an analysis of the poem My Part that begins with:
I may never be a hero, I am past the limit now,
There are pencil marks of silver Time has left upon my brow;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff ccaacc ggeehh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111000101110101 111010101110111 111110101111101 111010101011101 111110101011101 1011101001011101 101010101010101 101010101010011 101110100010101 110110101011101 01010101010101 111010101010001 101010101110101 111001101110101 111011100010101 11010101010001 11110100011101 111111101110101 101010101011101 111011101010101 111110101110010 01000100010111 111110101011101 11000101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, for, to, my, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Part;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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