This is an analysis of the poem I Am Just A Poet that begins with:
I am just a poet.
A philosopher of sorts....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXa AaXb AaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 0010001 1110010 010011011 111010 0101010100 10011001001 1111101100 111010 101111101 1101100101101 1110101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 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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- summary of I Am Just A Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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