This is an analysis of the poem I Stay Blessed that begins with:

I have been told I'm blessed.
And everyday I get up to express, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cdXedfaXX a deccX f bX a XafdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,1,5,1,2,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1101111001 1010101100 11 1111001 01011011 1110 001110110 1110110101 111111101 01100001 11 1111 111000010 010011110 1011111001 011011001 11110 1111010101 1101001 1111001010 11011001 1101101010 111 110101 101010111 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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