This is an analysis of the poem I Am On A Diet Of Peace that begins with:
It is not that I don't think of you.
I do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcdbcdX XecXXXXXde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001111101 11 01111110 010100111 111110101010 11101011111 101001011 0110110 0101 10100111101 10101101 1101100 1110 011 111111 10100111100100 0111101001 110111001 0010011011 001011001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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 word i is repeated.
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