This is an analysis of the poem Feeling Okay To Be Ignored that begins with:

Being alone does not have to mean loneliness.
Or interpreted by others as a desperate existence, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabX aabXXc XbXbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111101100 1010011010100010 111110 01010101010 110110001 11001110010 1101010 1101101 00101010 0111110001 110100111 101011010001 1101011101 11011111 111111101 10100010111001 110100101 010111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, one are repeated.

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  • summary of Feeling Okay To Be Ignored;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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