This is an analysis of the poem Someone Deceit Free And Not A Greedy Needer that begins with:

I want somebody worthy!
Trusting and a friend....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCX ABCA DDX BEFD ABCX ABCAXc DDa BEFD AfAd XCXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,4,6,3,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 10101 11011 1101010 1111010 10101 11011 110100 11110111101 1111 111010 1111111111 10111 1111111 0101 1111010 10101 11011 1101010 1111010 10101 11011 110100 0110 11 11110111101 1111 111010100 1111111111 10111 1111111 0101 11110 101101001 11110 1111001100 110111101010 011 110111101010 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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