This is an analysis of the poem What Shall I Think?... that begins with:
What shall I think when I come to die, if only I am in a condition to think
anything then?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XX bX cd eX dX aec XdbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101010110001001 1011 1111101111011111100 110110111100101 100111010011111101 1011111001010010 11010111011011101 111110100110 01111101110110110 10100111 1110101101011011 1010111 11101111011111101 1000110100011101000 10010101011 111010111010111111 10101110001001101 101001101011001100 1
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, how, to, think, have, my are repeated.
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