This is an analysis of the poem I Have Earned What I'Ve Received that begins with:

I have not had the experience,
To live behind fences protected and defended......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdae bbffggb ffehgi eggX aafaaef jafXfe ggfbX jhcgXbddX gffifif fbggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,4,7,6,5,9,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100100 0101100101010 110110111001 11 001010 1110010 0011111010 101111010 10111111101 0010011011010 00100101001 101001010 01101001101100 11011001101100 11001111001 11010011 00110100 010101001101 1010001101 11111110110 1111101001000100 1110 11001 01100100101 1011010101100 10101 1 01101010010 1011000100110100 011010010101 01011101111 110 10010 01111111 1100010101011 1111 11101010001000 1011101001010010100 1100111101 1111001111 11111101010010111 110110111010 11010 1111010001101 001101111000 1110 111101 01001101010 0011110100 110110101100 0111 00010011101011 10110011110100 11100100 01010110101110 10101011010001 10010001111 10 110101001010110 1001010100110 1110010111111 00110 11100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • 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, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, i'm are repeated.

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