This is an analysis of the poem Highlights Of My Life that begins with:
I'm not the one to criticize,
The value of what is wrong....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDd CEF ACCGH CEF idicica ACCGH CEF djgXABCDjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,3,7,5,3,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 0100101 110010000100 1101000111 11101010111001 1101110010010 1100111101 011011 101010110101 110101010 11001 1101101 10101001010 1101110010010 1100111101 011011 01 1010011010 01 10010110 01 1011010111 1001001010110 101010110101 110101010 11001 1101101 10101001010 1101110010010 1100111101 011011 1010101000100 1101011010 011111 01010101 0100101 110010000100 1101000111 11001011010 11110001111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and 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.
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