This is an analysis of the poem In The 'I-Me' Mode that begins with:

Those persistently in the 'I-me' mode,
Grow obvious as time goes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXacabac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010000111 1100111 11001010111 11010111100010 01101110010011 111110110100 11001100111010 11000101011100 100100101010 11101001 1111001 001101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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