This is an analysis of the poem On Being Superior that begins with:
Why is it...
That those claiming to be, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXBCbdXe ABBCdXedabaf ABBbX bbfdbXgbf gbggbbXaaXddbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,5,9,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100 111000 01001010 10110 001101 1111 111000101 01111101100 100 111001 01001010 10110 001100110 11001100101010 1100110110010100 0010001001001 10010101 110110011101 011010100111 0100011011 100 111001 01001010 10101101010 01110000 100100010100 0011001010111 01 001001000110110001 00100111 0010111101 11000010111010 001000010001 00010001011000001 1101010 00111001 1 1001100011010 0100101001 11110 010101000 1111101011001000 1100 11111100 10110010010 1100011101001 11 1011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, and are repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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