This is an analysis of the poem I Got And Sought The Best Of Other Estimates that begins with:
My body wanted to begin,
To breakdown too....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcded bb XdXed cXedaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010001 0111 1101010 11001001110010 11101 101101110001 1111 111101001 11110011111 011100101011011 1111101010100 0100111011011 011101011101 10001011001 11011 1010110010 01110101 111101011 1101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 19
- 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; to, i, and 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.
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