This is an analysis of the poem I 'Recently' Changed My Mind that begins with:

Could I live with myself,
Sleeping with a seeking......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaec fXdbgdh hXcgf XgfXXgg XX dcfbee XX eXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,7,2,6,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 100010 00111101 1010010010 111011 0111001 11 111101 01010010 001000010 10101000110 10110100100 110110010 011110010 010111 010 100101 0101101 10101010 11111010001 1000110101010 1001100010001 1 110100100101 011111 0110101 1 1011111 111111001001 11001 11 111010100110 11 11 1 111011 11101 1 1100111 1 1111101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    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; i, to, it, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of I 'Recently' Changed My Mind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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