This is an analysis of the poem I'M A Believer (With This Known) that begins with:
Take your evil self away...
To lie and hide liar....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbCD ABbCD dbEfEgEfEXdEE EgEXXXgbEXABbCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,13,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 011110 10 111010 111 1110101 011110 10 111010 111 0 00010 001 0101 001 101101 001 01 001 11110101 100 001 001 1001 1001 001 001 1010110 1 011011 0100010 1001 1110101 011110 10 111010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, with, known are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
The author used the same word take at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines liar, known are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words lies, known at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase liar connects the lines.
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- summary of I'M A Believer (With This Known);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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