This is an analysis of the poem Direct And Indirectly that begins with:

Direct and indirectly...
God has blessed me! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcX debef bcaccc XgXc XhiXc bcXfcj acjfggXhX beecgXj eX dfiaXXXXX e Xef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,4,5,6,9,7,2,9,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 1111 10101011 11101101 11110010100 11101 11110111 101111 111101 1101 11111 11111 0111101 001101 101 01011001 10111 111011 110111 11100 1 1110011 1110111 110101 110100101 11110001010 111101 1011010 111110 011001 1111 101 11111101010 11 010010 1001100100100010 0111100111100 100010011101 1110010 11111101 11000100 010010 1101010110110 110001101 10101011 01110010 111 11111111 10100 11110101 111010 0101110100101 1101000101 1010001 11 11 0111 1111001011000 11101110 1111010 1000101 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

    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; they, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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