This is an analysis of the poem Since I'Ve Accepted Myself that begins with:

Throughout your life you have made errors.
And the steps you have taken are not mistake free....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdb aedXXaX e eecXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111110 101111011011 11101101011010 001001100 010100100101 1011010000010001 1 1101001000111 1101010101001 1111111010010 110100 0100101000110 11010101011100 00111110100 10 11 110011101011 11101011 0101001101001 111101 1011010010 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; you, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Since I'Ve Accepted Myself;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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