This is an analysis of the poem I Am A Writer Not A Defender Of Fantasies that begins with:
As a writer I feel I am obligated,
To remain true to the expression I choose....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba bXcbXaaX aaXXXbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011111010 00110001011 01100010010101 011101001 1110101001011001 0101100 0101111111011 1110010001 0110100010 1101011010 11011011010 10101111101 11010100100100 01101000 1001111110100 101001101011 10101101001000 1110010001 11110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; i, to are 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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