This is an analysis of the poem Decisions I Make Seem To Catch Me Daring that begins with:

I feel exhausted!
I feel accosted with a pushing of myself, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddbX cXcaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 110100010011 01101 011101101 0111001 1001100111 011010 01011101110 1011 100100010111 01010111 01001111 1011 0010001111 101 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, beyond are repeated.

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