This is an analysis of the poem Insecurities Not Faced that begins with:

I am not into the hide and seek business.
No......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCDEF gdXhhh AbCDEF chdXhgahd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100011110 1 11 10100010 11010 1101000100 1010011 1010001 010111001 110110111 0110010 10110001110 11100011110 1 11 10100010 11010 1101000100 110101 01111010 101010100010 1100011110100 1010111001 1110111 101011001 01010100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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:

    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; to, who are 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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  • summary of Insecurities Not Faced;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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