This is an analysis of the poem Not Even My Pride Shall Suffer Much that begins with:

Not even my pride shall suffer much;
Not even my pride at all, maybe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdeed fXeeXfcggcX bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110111101 110111110 001101001 01111111 01011011 01001101 11100101 11010101 11100111 10011111 11010101 11011111 101010001 0111010101 11111101 11011111 01010101 01010100 11111111 111101110 11110100 111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; not, to, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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