This is an analysis of the poem Lacking Identity that begins with:
Lacking identity can be a dignity killer.
Especially in some places, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdefebacdaa eXfgeaXcX hcigciX eca XieX Xhbeie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,9,7,3,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010010010010 01000110 0110010100 10011 01111 101000101 010101011001 11100010 0100 1100101 01010001100001 011010110111 101001001011010 000101010000111 101100010 0100010101 10001010101 001111 010101001 11011101011 10100011001 01101000011011 0101000111001001 101 1111101 111 10001010110 0101110 01 100 11010001 101011 01011110 1 1 110 111110010101 1 111 111000010100 101011 101001 01001101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to is repeated.
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