This is an analysis of the poem My Mind Is In A Poetic Meter that begins with:

Lit with verse and profound imaginings.
Clear of limits and in boundless flight....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XA BCDCECFXf BABABAAAAA B XA AAAAA CD AAAAA B CECF BABABAAAAXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,9,10,1,2,5,2,5,1,4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011000 101010101 1100001010 10110101 1100010100101 100010101 101100011011 010010101010001 101011010101111 010101001 0101 1100001010 1110 1100001010 1110 1100001010 1110 111110 111110 111110 111110 1100001010 1011011000 101010101 1110 1110 111110 111110 111110 10110101 1100010100101 1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1100001010 100010101 101100011011 010010101010001 101011010101111 1100001010 1110 1100001010 1110 1100001010 1110 111110 111110 111110 1100001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, can, you, feel, it are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of My Mind Is In A Poetic Meter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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