This is an analysis of the poem Influenced By Europeans that begins with:

As An American I can say,
I've been influenced by Europeans....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDEBFGHFH ebgXf agafaigi Xdfiif ABBCDEBFGHFHii gdjjXbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,8,6,14,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 1010011010 111011010 10111 1111010 0101011 110 1111100 10101111 00101 011111 010001 111001 111010010 11110111 10101110 0101110010 111010101001111 111101 1111001010001 010100101 10011001 011111101 11101 1101101 011110110 10011010 110001 01010111 111011101 11 110100111 1010011010 111011010 10111 1111010 0101011 110 1111100 10101111 00101 011111 010001 11111 01110 1000 0111010 0111011 1101011 101001 110100001 1101101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; of, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines school is repeated).

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