This is an analysis of the poem I Am that begins with:
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows,
My friends forsake me like a memory lost;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbX aaaXbb cbcbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111111 11011101001 1101010011 11110001001 11011101001 1111110111 0001000111 0001010101 1101010111 1011001110 11001011101 1111010101 1111111101 0111010111 1001010101 1111011101 1001010111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word into is repeated.
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