This is an analysis of the poem I Might-And I Might Not that begins with:
I might forget ambition and the hunger for success.
I might forget the passion to escape from nothingness.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101010101 11010100010100 110101001010011 11011111010111 01110101110101 1010100100010101 11011101010101 11010101010111 11010101111111 11010101110001 11010111111001 010110100111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, forget, might, and, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word can't at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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