This is an analysis of the poem Being Oneself At All Times that begins with:
I've been protected by deceivers.
And they did not know it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabXXX XaaacXbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101100 110110 1101000110 10110111 110011001 1000111 111101 1010110110 1101100 1011111 0101 1100010 101111 11010 10101 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase free connects the lines.
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- summary of Being Oneself At All Times;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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