This is an analysis of the poem My Slate Is Clean Of Miseries that begins with:
There is a joy in me I know is seen.
'Cause I'm not uptight....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBc DEX dFG Xhf bag dbhX XbBc DEX DEX DEX DEX DFGDFGDFG Dh ABBc ABBc ABBcD BBc D BBc D BBcXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,3,4,4,3,3,3,3,9,2,4,4,5,3,1,3,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001011101 00101 10101 1 1011110100 1111101 00111100 1111101100 111010 1100011 1111110101 111111 0101010 1001000101 0010111 10101010 11010001001 010111 1101110 011 1011110111 0111101 10101 1 1011110100 1111101 00111100 1011110100 1111101 00111100 1011110100 1111101 00111100 1011110100 1111101 00111100 1111101100 111010 1100011 1111101100 111010 1100011 1111101100 111010 1100011 1111101100 1101010111 1001011101 00101 10101 1 1001011101 00101 10101 1 1001011101 00101 10101 1 11010100 00101 10101 1 11010100 10101 10101 1 11010100 10101 10101 1 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same words i've, and, there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of My Slate Is Clean Of Miseries;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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