This is an analysis of the poem I Stay Available that begins with:
I stay available with kept faith,
To do whatever it takes......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDED ddfd gfghh ABCDED FIFDJBE FIFDJBE gXdGE FIFDJGE FfdFaDGFXgFDGFDgF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,6,7,7,5,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100011 0111001 00101010 1010001 0110001011 01 11010001 1110101 1110101011 111101111111 11 0100 10100011 101101111 100111101 110100011 0111001 00101010 1010001 0110001011 01 110100 001 110100 0111 110100001 10110101 01 110100 001 110100 0111 110100001 10110101 01 1011010101 101 01011101 10111100 101111101 110100 001 110100 0111 110100001 10111100 101111101 110100 1010 10110 110100 001 111001 01 10100 101 10100 111001 01 10100 111001 101 10100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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; to, i 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.
The poet repeated the same words mind, defined, available at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of I Stay Available;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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