This is an analysis of the poem I'M Still Just A Child that begins with:
O Lord, tear me to pieces.
I'm still just a child. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdae fgfgha iabbhj ikabde lbjag dhkXXe AXalbA ihigcbb bXabbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,5,6,6,7,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 01101 1101 11011 111011 11 11011 011011100011 1111 111010111101 1101110101 01101110 11011110101 11010101 1101111 011010101 0101111101 1101111110110100 1110010101010 10101001101 1001110 101010010 110111010101 111100111 11100110010 00100010101110 11101010010 11110101 101111111111 11111111 111010011 1010010010 1100101001010 100100100101 1101100001 111010 10110001000 01111011 110100001101 11010011010 111010 0101010011 101010011001 110010100010 01110110010010011 1 10010101110101 100111110 1101010001 1011011 1111001 011 111010111111 110001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; you, in, every are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, when, you are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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