This is an analysis of the poem Only Then To Find Myself that begins with:
When I made a decision
To use the name I was blessed with...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccbdXXXaXeXeebfdbfXeeXecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 01011110 10010111010 1111100100101 1101 0111000110100 101111000 101101100 10011011010 11110011100 01100000010 11111001000010 111110101 11110101 110111 001110011 010100 10100100 10101010101 11101000100 1111101001 111 011010 00111101 1010111 10101111 111001011 1101001110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 982
- Average number of words per stanza: 170
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; name is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Only Then To Find Myself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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