This is an analysis of the poem Brilliant Poem that begins with:

I do not want to live my life, like all,
Living like squirrels in a hamster wheel,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aaXc Xcdd eedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011111 1011000101 1001010101 0101100101 11011001110 11010101010 10100100101 0101100001 1101011101 0101010001 1101010001 0100011111 1101100101 0111010101 1101011001 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, live are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is 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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