This is an analysis of the poem Least Of My Concerns that begins with:

I am often associated with some affiliation of some kind.
'What faith are you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXdX Xaeb X E bX aacEcaXaXXdf befe XfXdfX XgbXf fcX ggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,4,1,1,2,12,4,6,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010100101010011 1111 11101 10101110 111110011011 1110110 111 1 11101111111111 10101101010 111010001011101 111110101 11 11 10101 11101 11101 01001010011111 11 101000100100 111010 1 10100001111010 1111000 01110001 11010010010 111000101 01111 1110010111100 110010010100100 0010101 11010 11111 11101110 0001011011010 11111 1101 100100 1000 11011011001 100 00100 1101 0101100001101010 110011010 11111100 1000 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

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  • summary of Least Of My Concerns;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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