This is an analysis of the poem I Am Aroused that begins with:

I am aroused.
Because of the state of my lifestyle....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDE XaBCDE FGC XGC hhaef XabCDE df FGC XGC dF aDEa d XBcDEe dXFgFgF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,3,5,6,2,3,3,2,4,1,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 010010111 0101100101 101110 111101 11 01 010010111 0101100101 101110 111101 10101011 00101 101001101 111100 111111 10111011101 1 11 01 010101011111 1101111101 11 1101 110001000111 0101100101 101110 111101 101010 000101 10101011 00101 101001101 111100 111111 10111011101 1110101010100 1101010111 11101 101110 111101 01110101 110101011100 111000 010010111 01010100101 101110 111101 0101010101 111101010100 1101010111 1 1101010111 1 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, no, pity, party 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.

    The poet repeated the same word believe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Am Aroused;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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