This is an analysis of the poem Clocking My Own Time that begins with:
Do I care that you may be offended
By an honesty I feel? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXaXXXdcXad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110010 1110011 1111110111 11110101 110111110 11100011 011011011 11111111 010111 0011110 101001011 100101 001001 1001110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
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