This is an analysis of the poem Own It that begins with:
Own it to rid.
And not impress to dress up....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXAbXbbac AaccdXbX AAbeee AABAAA AAB AABAAA AAB ABaAAAXAAABAFFd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,6,6,3,6,3,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 1101011 10010001011 1101 11101 1110010 01000101 001111001 01100100101 1001 0100101 01101100 0011101 1010011001 001100001 1111 11010100 1001 10010001011 1010010101 10011010010 1011011101 10110100011 1001 1001 10010111 1001 1001 10010101101 0100101101 01110101 101001001011 1001 1001 10010111 1001 1001 10010101101 0100101101 01110101 101001001011 1001 011 100100101 1001 1001 10010101101 11010 1110011 1110011 1001 011 1110011 111 111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, own, it, rid, let, truth, rule are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words own, let are repeated.
The author used the same word own 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 rid, guide, rule are repeated).
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