This is an analysis of the poem Raised To Be Totally Independent that begins with:
I knew my mother very well.
In fact......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcddbecfghggaBXiccjcXXeejjjjfigibh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 01 10010 11 1111111 100111101 11011111001 10000 10101101 011101011 10110100 11110101 11001011010 111110101 01 111010111 11010001010 110010001 1111100 1010110101111 100111110 1 11011010 10011010101001 010101 101011111 111101111010101 11010111 111111101 100101 1100110010100 111 111110100 1111001001010 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1098
- Average number of words per stanza: 210
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words many, my are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gun is repeated).
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- summary of Raised To Be Totally Independent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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