This is an analysis of the poem So Basic Am I that begins with:
So basic am I,
My blemishes and flaws......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXXabXccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 110011 1010100011 1111001100 01 111101010 1010110 111001010 001010100 10011010 1111101 11100010001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of So Basic Am I;
- central theme;
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- critical appreciation.
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