This is an analysis of the poem The Agony Of Being Humble that begins with:
You can say anything you wish about me.
But know this......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXaefbXXg XdhXeX hdegdXfeiXX XaXdd bX XiajfgbXccdej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,11,5,2,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111011 110 1101001 0100110010100 11011111 111101 11111 10010111 1010101011 011010 11 110101010110100 11111 1 11101101 11111110 1001 1001101 11010 111100001 1010110011 10010010 11011 01000111 01011010111 11 01010110100 101011 111101001 010001010 011010011 1 0111100110001 101001001 110100 11101 1 1110 111101101 0110111110 10111 11 0111 10011 010100101 101111 11 110110101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 The Agony Of Being Humble;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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