This is an analysis of the poem My Conscious Stays On Automatic that begins with:

Sometimes I wish I could revisit my intentions.
And do a focus on my purpose, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABA XcdX aX DEDAFAXABAcDcEDAFA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,2,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110101010 110101110 0001010011 110111010 0010001 1011101 11010001 101111101 1110111010001 1011101010111 1011101010001 01010101111010 1101010101011 110100110110 110111111001 0111110101010 110101110 0001010011 1 1011101010111 1 1011101010001 01010101111010 1101010101011 110100110110 110111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word brings at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of My Conscious Stays On Automatic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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