This is an analysis of the poem To Broaden My Perceptions that begins with:
I don't recall my hand being held by anyone,
To make me feel safe and protected....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbacacbX acbaXcbabc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111011100 011111010 011110111001 00100101111010 11011010101 01011000111 1110101 1101111110 1100110010 100111010 101110 111011110 01001 1101001010100 11011110 110101 1100010 110101101100110 011100101 111100101 111010101011 11100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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; i, my are repeated.
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