This is an analysis of the poem Not I But 'We' Permitted This Existence that begins with:
I am not the crisis.
Not I but 'we' permitted this existence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAabb AAXac cdXad X e X dX X bXec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,1,1,1,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 11110100010 000100100 10100100101 101001001011 111010 11110100010 11010100101 10000011 00101010011111 101111110010 01101010011 0110101010011 111001001001 110100101010101 111 11 111111 110000 11001 111111011 0110101 1111101 1111 0101100001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, not are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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