This is an analysis of the poem Self Obsession that begins with:
Let's be honest about this.
The one true enemy we have, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC baad XXdce XcaXXXeXdXABC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 01110011 011010 101001 1110101101 1100101 01010 111000 01101010 1101111 111011010 1010011110 010111011 1101001110101 11011111 10010110001110 10100011111 10111 111010001000101 01101011101011 0111100110100 1010010 01110011 011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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