This is an analysis of the poem Those I Pick To Audition To Love that begins with:
So free I am to mingle,
And I don't feel rushed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD cbdedeXbfefef bXXXbX fgXH bfbgXHXABCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,13,6,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111010 11111 10001011101 111001001 111010110101 10001011111 0111001101 1 1011011101 1 0111011101 11 111 1 1101110101001 1 100010100111 11101011011101 111111100111 1111010111 0101011101 1011111011 0010010001101 110001011001 11101010011001 101 10010101 11110 0010101001 1110 1010011001 101 10010101 1111010 11111 10001011101 111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, or, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or 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.
The poet repeated the same word asleep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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