This is an analysis of the poem There Are Many More Like Me To See that begins with:

Is there any 'particular' reason why you question me?
Any reason at all you question my integrity with intensity? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXa cdebfX gf dggXh fahhgXbeacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,2,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011010001011101 1010111101010000100 1010010101010110100 101101010110010 1 0011110111111100 111010011001001 010010111 00100110100101 111010111111 001100010111101010 101101 1011010101111 0110100010 111110101 1111110011000011101 00101011111101 110111101111011 1 10011101001110011 11 01110101001 1001001111 1 1110100101 01111011101 101100101101001 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of There Are Many More Like Me To See;
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  • history of its creation;
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