This is an analysis of the poem I Do Care that begins with:
I do care.
With a caring done too few accept....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdcXb cbedfcg ABhhgbi AjgkiXd efgkhfh ailccjldX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111 001011101 111101101 010001 11101010 1101100 00101 0101111001 011010100100100 11010 111011001010100010 1111001010 011101 1001101001 111 001011101 11101111001 10101010001001110 111001001001111 10010100100 1101100 111 1101011010 11011101100011 1111110111 110010100100 1110010100 001010100011010 111110 100110011001001 011101001 1111110100010 1111011010011010 110100101001 1100100101011 11111010101 10010 0100100101 000111010 0001011010 111111101010 1101100101101 00100011110101 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, be, it, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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