This is an analysis of the poem Dipped In Superstitions that begins with:
My mind has been dipped in superstitions.
From the day that I was born to breathe....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcd dXaa ECX XXdXX f ECX ABXe ECX X EgX fg XXegX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,5,1,3,4,3,1,3,2,5,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101010 001111101 111111011 1101110010 1110101010 011110101 110111010 100110010101 11010101 111011010 0111 0111111100 01110101 111111010 1111101 10100111 1 11010101 111011010 0111 1110101010 001111101 1111010100 1110111101 11010101 111011010 0111 100101 11010101 110111010 01010111 1 11010101 110011 11011 01010101 1010111010 01010011 110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
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 author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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