This is an analysis of the poem I'm Not That Citizen that begins with:

I'm not that citizen,
Representing how or who does what to get done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaAaAbbcADACAEB fFgefhgg cADACAEB fFhXhiXXcAicAiXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,8,8,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100 101011111011 1111100 011110011 011100 10001101 110111100010 1 011100 1010110 1111100 101110101 011100 01111100 11110100001 0111 11 111 11111111 101101101 11101011101 111101101 0110101 1 011100 1010110 1111100 101110101 011100 01111100 11110100001 101 11 10101101 111100101 00101 11110110100 01010101 0010001011001100 1 011100 01001101 1 011100 0011101 101010010 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I'm Not That Citizen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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