This is an analysis of the poem 'I'M Not Crazy. Really, I'M Not' that begins with:

If a starting of something,
Was done by one......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcaXccdecfd baXgcag he XbiX Xccefc cdiX cddchcf X dic XhaXXIIg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,7,2,4,6,4,7,1,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010 1111 00100101 110111 0101111111 1100100111 0100010101101 1 10101001001 1001011 1011010001 11001 111101101 11111010001 01110 11010101 11101110 010101001010 010001001101 001010101001 101001 11010101 1100 111010011 0101 01101001 1 0100110001011 1111011010101 111111110111 01001011010 0011111111 1101111 1111001 1011011101 11011011101 11 11010010 1 10101111101 01000101011111 101010101 01001010010 10101 11 11000111101 1111010 1 1 00111110 10101 011 011 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, your, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines okay is repeated).

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  • summary of 'I'M Not Crazy. Really, I'M Not';
  • central theme;
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