This is an analysis of the poem Have I Not To You Lifted...Up! that begins with:
Am I not,
Deserving of the love you give....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcA dAEcA ADCdf AgcA dAgcADCdf ADADaf ABcAXdAEcddf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,4,9,6,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 01000111 1 111 1 111 011111 1 111 111 0110 11101 10 1 111 0111101 1 111 1 111 0111101 1 111 0110 11101 10 1 1011101101 110111110 1011101101 110111110 11 101 111 01000111 1 111 1 111 011111 1 1110110 1110110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; i, not, and, everyday, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, have are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines not is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word not at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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