This is an analysis of the poem Are You On A Mission? that begins with:
On a mission?
To be different and be distant....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABBBB ABAcb XcbcX ABACXABBBBcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 001001010 111010 10010100100 111010 001001010 01010101 01110101 10010111 1010 001001010 111010 1101100 10010011 1110001 011101101 11101001 01 010 1010 001001010 111010 10010100100 111010 001001010 01010101 01110101 10010111 001 101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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