This is an analysis of the poem I Have Lived In Your Face that begins with:

I have lived in your face.
Have I been you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1101 110 1011 0101011 1101 101111 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Have Lived In Your Face;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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