This is an analysis of the poem To Prove What I Could Do Could Be Done that begins with:
If it had not been for my parents,
I doubt very seriously......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXbaXaX X XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001101110 11101000 111110010 01001110101 010101110010 111010 111 1101101 101101110 011111101 11111 11110111 110101000111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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