This is an analysis of the poem An American Man that begins with:
I am an American man.
Re-enforced to keep my thoughts, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDeedXXff aXffggff fdeghXddeahfXh ABCDdeaXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,14,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101001 1010111 01001100 0010010 111011001 1101001 0100101001 0100 1110100100 010100010 0101110010 1101001 101000010 00101 110101 11011010001 11001 101101101 1110101 10101011010 111110111 1011101 11111 001000101111 1101010 1101000101 11001011001 10010001001 1110010111 01101000011 1101110101 1111101100 110101 11101001 1010111 01001100 0010010 101010101011 11101 1010001010110110 0100001 011100010010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, my are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An American Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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