This is an analysis of the poem Not Living To Pretend that begins with:
I admit sometimes I can be rude.
I am one who doesn't hide my moods....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC DEDA fXff DEDAXABAC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011101 111110111 111011101 1001010110 1011 110011010 101111001001 11110001 111010111 011 1000010111 111 1011 110011010 101111001001 11110001 101011101 111110111 111011101 1001010110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Not Living To Pretend;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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