This is an analysis of the poem Light Of Weight that begins with:
I am not here to hold anyone's hand.
Or to play mushy goody... ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abca dcae fXXdaa XXggXX ahdh abaa Xhhff idhXiah XchdXhead
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,6,4,4,5,7,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011011 1011010 011110100 111101 110110101100 10110101 110111101 0100011111 1101010 0110101 10101110100 11010100111 010101 101101 01101 1101011011 1100101111 111010101 010100101 11011010 11101001 1100111 1100100 1111001 1100101000101010 110101100100 0100010 11010011010 10101000 011101 1111001100 11101 111111101 11010100 1101110 101101 11010111 101011111 0010010011001 1110010101 10111 111101111 111101 11110 111110 111011010 111010001 10110110010 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is 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 Light Of Weight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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