This is an analysis of the poem I Decided To Affirm What I Wanted that begins with:
With all things considered.
And less to reminisce, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXaaXXc eeabcc fXccgdX cab fXgX f X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,7,3,4,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011010 110101 10010001 01010111 00101 01001101 011001 1010110100 10100011110011 1010011111011 111111001011 0111010111001 01110011101 1111011100100 10100100101011001 11011001010101 11 110101100010 111010010001 011100100101010101 1101 10111010101 1010110110101 1 1011 1101100111 111 11010110011 1111100101011001 011110101101011 11101001 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, you are repeated.
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- history of its creation;
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