This is an analysis of the poem How Do I Look? that begins with:
Now...
You wait until I am in complete focus, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX bX cXXX c aXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,4,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11011100110 01110100 10111 10010101010 1 11110110010 0101100111 11001100 1011 1011 11010010000 11101 1111 111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of How Do I Look?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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