This is an analysis of the poem I Am that begins with:

Am
I know not whence I came, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbXcXc defegded Xfffhgfg aieihcec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111 1111011 101111111 00101011 11001101 010111 0011011110 01001101 1110101 00101101 1101110101 1111101 1100111 11110101 1111111011 01011001 01011011 00100101 0111111001 0100111 11111001 1100111 011111111 0101001 1100111 1101111 110101111 11100111 110101 10111101 0110111110 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Am;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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