This is an analysis of the poem The Man I'M For that begins with:

I'M for the happy man every time,
The man who smiles as he goes his way,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdcdc Xebedfaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011001 011111101 101111011 1010100111 1010111101 0100100111 110100111 100111111 1010101111 000111101 110100101 110100101 1010111101 1111110101 101111101 0010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; man is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of The Man I'M For;
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