This is an analysis of the poem I Am Lonely that begins with:

The world is great: the birds all fly from me,
The stars are golden fruit upon a tree ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabC ddbC aabC eebC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011101 0111010101 1101110101 11110 0101110101 0101101111 1011010101 11110 0101011101 1101010111 1111110101 11110 0101010111 1111011111 0111110101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word lonely at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Am Lonely;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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