This is an analysis of the poem I Dare Anyone To Say I Embellish that begins with:
How do I know times have changed,
And say that with a confidence? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcXcXd eabdfeaXXffbace
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,15,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11100100 11111101001100 010101 11010101 001101001000110 0010010111 10001101 11110001001001 11010111 1000101010011 00100011010100101 1110100110 101101 11101101 11011011111 110111 111100 011010001010 111100110 0001001010 11010101101001 11110100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; as is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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- summary of I Dare Anyone To Say I Embellish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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