This is an analysis of the poem Since I Have Done My Best that begins with:
SINCE I have done my best, I do
Not fear the outcome; here I stand...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb XcXcdedXXacacebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 11011111 01110111 01001111 00110110 01010101 11010111 11100101 11111110 11110111 11010111 11110011 11010111 11011101 11010111 11110111 11111111 01011101 01011111 11011010 11010001 11111101 01010111 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same word since at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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