This is an analysis of the poem Not Missed When I Exit that begins with:
Unfortunately,
I did not have a life......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcd aXXeeX ddbcbXBBBBBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000 101101 1000110100 10111001 11 0101010111 01000 101000101 0100111000 110110010100 01101010 101001011101 1110010 0101010001 010100111101 1111000100100 10001011111110 11011 1111110 1011 1111110 11011 1111110 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; to, i, not, i'm, missed are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word unfortunately at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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