This is an analysis of the poem An Appreciation For The Highs And Lows that begins with:
I did not invent motivation.
Nor was initiative, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE AFD ghXihjb hgkkjadj ABCDEgje AFDhXjjhdiXiid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,7,8,8,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011010 110100 100001001 1010 1110101 110100010 11101101010 11011111011001 10010101101 010100101 100110 1110111000 0111 1010011 11010111010 01011001001 11110101011101 1100100100111101 110011001000101 111011 0010100111010 1 011101010 101011010 110100 100001001 1010 1110101 1 1101111 01111001 110100010 11101101010 11011111011001 1 010011111 01011001011110 010101010111 110101 11101101 110001010001 11 11101 10101000010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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