This is an analysis of the poem Digression On Number 1, 1948 that begins with:
I am ill today but I am not
too ill. I am not ill at all....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb ddeXeX abcX bXdXed aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111 11111111 0000111 110111 01111011 010101101 111101110 11010100 1010100110 0101010101 1110011111 1101111011 1001011 0110011 101011001 1010101 1111101 010101001 01101010 1011111 110101001011001 101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, ill, tired are repeated.
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