This is an analysis of the poem Defending My Right To Exist that begins with:
Defending my right to exist...
Didn't leave too much time, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBC defgXaXh iiij iafcgce ABCBC XeXdXaifjd chbfeaXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,4,7,5,10,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011001 101111 0110100 110100010 11110101110111 111111 111111 110001111001 011010000110100 110101101 10101 100100101010 1101001100101 1 1111 1001 001101010 1001 111001111 1100100101 111001110 1110111000100 111100101001 1101110 01011001 101111 0110100 110100010 11110101110111 110 11111111011011 011110111000 11 111110 1010 111111001101 01001111 110011101001110 0010001011101101 11111100110 1010011101 100 11001111 111010 11000011010 11001011 011111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
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