This is an analysis of the poem Anti-Matter that begins with:

I am not interested
in my body-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeafddeafgahfXa XiahfXj ffeicXffXkajdiXfaXiXj bkfXjibgaaXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,7,21,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 0110 0111 111 1 01101 10 1101 01 101 010 0010 101 00111 111 0100 1 100101 1100 1100 101 10111 101 0101010 1 1101 1010 111 1010101 1010011 1111 110101 01010 110001 1101 11001 10011 10101 10010 11000 111111 110 1001010 10101 110101 010101 1110 0010010 101 11 101 0100011 11110 10101 1011 111101 1101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, of, choose are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Anti-Matter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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