This is an analysis of the poem My Words that begins with:
My words...
May not present a cent, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcbabbXdbXXb efe dXghbfibXad XbhjXXjfcagghgdbaic
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,3,11,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 110101 010100011 1110101 101000111 1011 111101 0110101 11111001 1111110 001101 1001010 10110 110011111 111111 01011101 01010101 1010010101 01010110 10000111 1010100 11010101 1 001101 101001 101 1111 1010101 1011 10001 110110100 11101 1011011 1 1011010 010110 0010010 11111 11001 10100 1011010 1010110 1 11110 0111001 0010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Words;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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