This is an analysis of the poem Giant Toad that begins with:

I am too big. Too big by far. Pity me.
My eyes bulge and hurt. They are my one great beauty, even ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXaXXXXdefdgXbbhcgafebdiXhiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111101 11111111111010 111110101111011 010111010100111 01011111100100 1100111111101 1100101011101110 11010101001111 1111111010111 11000101110 111101110101101 1111110011110 10101011101111 11101010110101 111111000110 1001110011111 1110100011001110 111 11111100111010 11111110111101 11101111110111 11110001110101 0111110100101111 11101111001111 111111111 11110101011110 1101110011111010 0110110111110111 010100110101011101 111100011111011100 100010111111 10001111110101 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1903
  • Average number of words per stanza: 354
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, too, run, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i are repeated.

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