This is an analysis of the poem I Said To The Wanting-Creature Inside Me that begins with:
I said to the wanting-creature inside me:
What is this river you want to cross?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc Xdb bXec edea XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001010011 100101101 11110010101111 1111001001111110 10110111111110 1011110111010 101111111111 110110111 110110111010 1110 0111010110 011110001110 1110101111 1010100 111111 10101101110 010101 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, and, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
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