This is an analysis of the poem Proud To Exist To Witness Possibilities that begins with:

I am glad I represent a generation aging.
With an acceptance to reminisce and reflect, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcDCEC baXXfebX fdbegffcXAdDCECge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010101010 010100101101 010111010010 11100100100111 101001010010 11000100111 0111010001010 111001 010011101010 111001110100 110101010100 1101001010 101010101 110100101001 110100100100 100110100 010010101 01101001011 110101101 0101101011010 11010100101010100 10100110100110 110101001000101010 11111010101010 01010 11100100100111 101001010010 11000100111 0111010001010 10111101 0010101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Proud To Exist To Witness Possibilities;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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