This is an analysis of the poem The-Woe-Is-Me-Syndrome that begins with:
I can relate to being deeply depressed.
Emotionally drained, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaacaaXX Xdeecfd XabXafb gfXfgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,7,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101001 01001 11001 11010111111 1011101001110 101 111010111 1010010 1101 11101100 1010101111 110111101 1101011101101 0010110100111110 1 1100 11101001011 10010001011 101100001001100011 0110101101 0110101 0110110 10101011111 1111011110011 1101010100 10010011111 1011100 110111000 01101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, it, to, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase some connects the lines.
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