This is an analysis of the poem Myself that begins with:
What am I? I am Earth the mother,
With all her nebulous memories; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeeX fgfh iXieXbgch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111010 010100100 101111010 110011110 11110101 10010101 110110001 10110111 11100101 11010101 11100101 10010001 11110111 01011001 11010011 01110100 11010001 101111000 01111101 11100101 11011100 10110110 01111011 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, i, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i 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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- summary of Myself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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