This is an analysis of the poem Calm, Cool And Collected that begins with:

There is nothing you have in common with me.
I have been blessed to keep the depth of my anguish, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDEeXe ABCCDE Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101001 110101010110 0100100010111 111010101 011011111010 111111010101000 101101111111 11101 1111110111 10101101001 110101010110 0100100010111 111010101 011011111010 111111010101000 11111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, my, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Calm, Cool And Collected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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