This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Got A Motto That I Follow that begins with:
What you do from your perspective,
Wont affect what I choose to condone....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACC DECFFC GHIDD GHIDDdhc DECFFC ABACC XGedHaiDDJXGeJ
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,8,6,5,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 101111001 111111010 01101 11101 11111010 101010 1101001 11100010 11011 11011 110101110 001110111 11101010 00111 11001 110101110 001110111 11101010 00111 11001 1 1011101 101 11111010 101010 1101001 11100010 11011 11011 11101010 101111001 111111010 01101 11101 11 110101110 1 1 001110111 1101 11101010 00111 11001 01110101011 110101110 1 01110101011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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:
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; what, you, that are repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word beam at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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