This is an analysis of the poem I Do Admit This that begins with:

I must admit,
I've gone through several personality shifts......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXcda AdXdX AbefacXaX bcXbAbaeb Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,9,9,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 111100101001 10111 101010111001 111110101 0111100 1110101 1101 11110 100101101110 111010101 1111001 1101 111110110 111111011 1011 01101 011101100001 11 11110111 1111001 111010 1101101011 1100101100 10001001100010 1101 101001100 10101111 1010011 11111011100 11101001 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, my, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Do Admit This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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