This is an analysis of the poem I'M Guided By...Life! that begins with:
My needs are overheating and exceeds excessive feeding.
Yes my needs are overheating and exceeds excessive feeding....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AA bCdCeBb ebbXXbXe AA bCdCeBb AAAAbAAbAAbcdbCe AAAbAbAbA bCdCeBb AAXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,8,2,7,16,9,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101010101010 1111101010101010 01 0101 1 0101 010 11001 01 010 11 0101 101011 01 01 1 010 111101010101010 1111101010101010 01 0101 1 0101 010 11001 01 111101010101010 1111101010101010 11111010 11111010 01 11110 11111010 01 11110 11111010 01 0101 1 01 0101 010 11111010 11111010 1111101010101010 01 111101010101010 01 111101010101010 01 111101010101010 01 0101 1 0101 010 11001 01 111101010101010 1111101010101010 01 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; and, my, needs are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yes is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines feeding, overheating are repeated).
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- summary of I'M Guided By...Life!;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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