This is an analysis of the poem My Philosophy Of Life that begins with:
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough
for another thought in my head, I had this great idea--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXc bdefghifgjfkdfhckleXamcbXfmfhl jhXhnfffcffehjfcingfXbcecalocjol
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,30,32,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110101 101010111101010 10001000101100 001100101001 010001010011111 1101011011110 1011000010101 10101010101100011 1110101111101 10110110001110 1001011010010 111100010010 1100110111001 001001011111101 01110110111 1010000100011010 11110001010 101001001010101111 010010110101 111011110100101 10111110101011010 1101010111101100 1100101010101 0101011001011101 10001011101011011 01001001001001001 00110101101010 101 1011001101011010 100 010011010011011 110 11000101111100 1001110100101101 001 01010010011 1110101001 010101010010000 1010101101011 11111010110011 100001111 110111011010010 11011101100101 0001010010101100 101101000110101 101111110010101 101010000 110101100100101 110100111001 11011110010111 1011111001011110 10101010110100 110001011010011 110010111101 110111010010101 1111001010011011 1010001011101010010 0110111001011 100111010110111 01111111111 010001101101010 10110010010101111 10100100110111 11010100100101010 1111101110111 10110110110100011 1110110011100011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1182
- Average number of words per stanza: 214
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, or, it, and, you, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of My Philosophy Of Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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