This is an analysis of the poem I Tap The Universe that begins with:
I tap the Universe,
Which keeps me fed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABX CBd XcXd ABCB XXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1111 00010100101 10111110 111101 110011 1011010 111010 1111 11111 110101 1111 10111110 111101 111011 0001 11101000010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and 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.
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