This is an analysis of the poem Defending The Nonexistence that begins with:
I've never allowed myself to be in a position,
To refute or disprove anything questioned....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX baccc XXbacXacb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001110000010 00110110110 1110110101 101010100 11010101 110 101101101 10100100000 0111001010 10100010010100 111011101 1110100101 10110001 11 101001101 010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Defending The Nonexistence;
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