This is an analysis of the poem Harassments Have Given Me Strength that begins with:
You can call me anything you like.
But guess who is responsible, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbcde bXcdX AXbeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111 11100100 1001001100 111111 1011101 010100110111 11110 11010111 111011 1110 110101101 111110111 11111011110 11010100110 110011011 110101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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