This is an analysis of the poem More Than I Was that begins with:
Who am I?
When and where am I suppose to be me? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaabcXXabXAXcacXcbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1111101001 00011011 10001 1 0 1 011111111110 1110111 11011111111 111 1111 01111111 01110001001 1111111 01101101111 1101101111001 101011011010 11011 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 549
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of More Than I Was;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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