This is an analysis of the poem Extremely Comfortable Within My Skin that begins with:
IF I was of another race,
And not considered out of place......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbBCdAee XfggXabXaaha AAbBC aXXXdfh aiXiggaaaXiiiiif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,5,7,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 11010101 011111010 011010 11101 11110100100 01100101 1111111 01111111 110 01101001100010 0101100101 010110011110 0110100101 10100100 101101 0101100 1111010 1100100100 0111011 1010001 01100101 11010101 01111010 011010 11101 11101110 00111001 11011110 111101010 0111101010100 0010011 11110111111 01 101110101 11011000 11101010000111 01110001100 1100001100 1001011101 0101001001 101110110010 010 0101010 010 1111001 010 1001000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, that are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines perception is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase perception connects the lines.
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- summary of Extremely Comfortable Within My Skin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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