This is an analysis of the poem My Muse Is My Niche that begins with:
I have never been that amused,
To question the purpose of my fingers....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXcb daXXdaXeX X e X XddfX dX f cX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,1,1,1,5,2,1,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 0100100110 11010111 1111111101 101111 1 111 011111 001011010 1001001110001 11111010 111101111 11010110101 01 01110110001 10101110 111011101101 101101010111100 1111110011 1010111110101 11 010 100100110 0101 11001101100 1101111010101 1111010 1011110010 110101010111 111 1111110010 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of My Muse Is My Niche;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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