This is an analysis of the poem If, After I Die that begins with:
If, after I die, they should want to write my biography,
There's nothing simpler....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXc XdaXdcefbefX dgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,12,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111110110100 110100 11110111011 00101110101011 1 1110001 1111 1110110100100 110100101111001 11011 101010110111 0100010 11011111111000 110 1101000110010 0101001010010 110 111110101 111111 110111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; my, i, never, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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