This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Come To Be One Who Cries that begins with:

I've come to be one who cries when the plane the guys built in shop class on the TV
news is going to fly and everyone's there, parents, little...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbbXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111101011011101010 1010011101110101010110 11010101001010011010 1111101100110010110 110111010110011001 110101011101111010100 10101100010011001111010 10010101101101011101 111100011101011101110 11101100111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 830
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 82 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of I'Ve Come To Be One Who Cries;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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