This is an analysis of the poem I Question that begins with:
I question.
With few exceptions I will question....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabcca AddXbe acXebabX aacXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110 010101010 10111101 01011101 11110 111 110 10101 101111 001110100 110001001 11101111011 11111010 11111001 110111101 1011101 010111101 11001001111 00010110010100 101110100 11110 01 1110101001 10100110 0111110010101 1100101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 26
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 question is repeated).
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