This is an analysis of the poem I Can Be Naïve that begins with:
Most of my lusty ways,
Have been primarily delusional....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab Xcc adb Xbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 1001000100 100100 1011001011 1100101 01000111 1011001 0101101 100011101101 1101 10011001 11001010 110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Can Be Naïve;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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