This is an analysis of the poem I Owe It First To Myself To Be Honest that begins with:
I owe it first to myself to be honest.
I use to believe it did not matter, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXbX XcaXXAXabacca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010110010 1100100110 01101011010 1111011101 0111110101 00111011100 1011010001111 101000101100010 00101110101001 11111 10101100 11010110010 1100101101 10100001010101 0111010001 0111000001001 1110101111 01110001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.
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