This is an analysis of the poem A Poet that begins with:

I do not always go alone to the bottom of myself.
I drag more than one live being with me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaaaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010010011 1111111001 11111010111 1001010101101010 10101011100110 110011110110 101001011 111011 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Poet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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