This is an analysis of the poem Overstaying To Unpack More Anxieties that begins with:

I've come to love and appreciate life.
Even that part of it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBXBD AeXfdX ABCBXBD AXaXXfeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101011 101100 1111 11001101 011000101100 110110100110 001101101 1101101011 10110011011 111110010111 1010100010 10100111010 101010101010 1101101011 101100 1111 11001101 011000101100 110110100110 001101101 1101101011 1011001101001000 10010101011 11110 01100010 10101000110010 111001010100 1001011000 0011010001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Overstaying To Unpack More Anxieties;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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