This is an analysis of the poem Feeling Quite High And Mighty that begins with:

You have stopped with your dazzle.
And I am done questioning my daze....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcCB defXebe AbccCBcb ddgX eeegbg fggdaX XcXXXgege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,8,4,6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 111110011 111010010111 100010 010101 11100101010 111110111 011101 11 111001 1001010 11011 1110110 1111011 111010010 111 100010 010101 01010111 01001 1101 011 111010 111011 11101 11100011001 1110101011 111110101 11001111 1010111 111001010101 101100100010 01010111010 111111 110 111 1 11 1011 110 1 11 101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Feeling Quite High And Mighty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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