This is an analysis of the poem My Own Stranger Sometimes that begins with:
I am my own stranger,
Sometimes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbCDdefXgbbeffdg AbCDhiifbhXXAbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 01 11111111 1010101 10100101010 111 111 110111 01000100 0010101 01001011 10111110 11 11011101 11111 0110 111110 01 11111111 1010101 101 11001010 111010 00010101 01011100100 1111100011 0011101010110 111110 01 11111011000011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Own Stranger Sometimes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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