This is an analysis of the poem I Am Not Living My Life To Impress that begins with:
You will not catch me unaware,
You are prepared to strip me bare....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXb XXXcdX ddbbeb X XXXXfe XXXX fd dcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,1,6,4,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 11010111 101111 0101101101 10 110 111010100 110001 10100100 01100111011 1111011001 1101111100 101101001110 010111011001 010101001 0010101010 1010110111 1101011011 111 01010011101 00101010 1100110111 110100 1 100110100 01101 00110100100 1 1101010101 101 1 1110110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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, you, see are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, i are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Am Not Living My Life To Impress;
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Pawning In Their Hearts
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- Analysis of One Of Us Should Stay Faithful
