This is an analysis of the poem I Am No Politician that begins with:
I am no politician.
I am direct....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXbcdXd AdXbXecde fXXbghebfh AdXhb Afghdh Ageee Abb AegeXbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,10,5,6,5,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 1101 100101111 1010101 11110011010 0101101 1011011 00101001 1111010 100101110 111010 1101111110 110001 010101 001111 111100 111 101000011 0111101 101000011100 011100001 110001110 1111 11001 1101 11 101 1111010 1010011100 101010100 110001100 0010001 1111010 01111 1101010 111010010 0101010011 0010101 1111010 11110 01101 11011 111111 1111010 1111 01111 1111010 10101101 1011010 110111 111 001 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 53
- 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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 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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- summary of I Am No Politician;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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