This is an analysis of the poem I Am Hoping You Have Chosen To Soar that begins with:
I am not out seeking,
To crush your feathers! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabb C dbdeeede CFCfbbXaXCFCc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 01110 1111 011010 0101 011111 1110111001 10011 11111 011011 1101 11110111 1111011001 1110011 110011 1110111001 101 101 11111 1111101 101111 01110110 11011 1110111001 101 101 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, you, nothing 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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- summary of I Am Hoping You Have Chosen To Soar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of That Need Is Gone
- Analysis of When One Is Thought To Be Kept Back
- Analysis of Until Again The Gloss Wears Off
