This is an analysis of the poem God Is The Main One that begins with:
I know I am on no one's 'Favorite Things to Do' list.
It has been a long time since I've been twenty one....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cbded fagh abfX XbXidjc Xed kkhhlhha fbXkbhb iajXlga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,4,7,3,8,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111001011 010011110101 11110001 1111 1101 110110 11111001 1101 1010011 101001 10111 11111 01101 01001 1110111 1101010 10110011 110 110101000111 101010111 10111 11 11010111011110 11111110 10101111101101 01101110 11111 1010100 111110011101 1110101101 010100100 10101100 1110001 1101 010110101 10111 010100101 001111101 11001010 11101101011 110011011 11111 111101 11101011 11110 0111 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, no, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines happiness is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of God Is The Main One;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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