This is an analysis of the poem Today I Clearly Understand that begins with:
I have been blessed with several talents,
I could have earned a dollar from....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcc ddeXe dfXff adbfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010010 11110100 11010010 01010110101 11001101001001 1011001101 1101101001 101111 1111011110110 01 101110101 11010101 000101011100 00101110101 10100111101100 101010010100 00100001001 10110100 11111111 1010101111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; in, god are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Today I Clearly Understand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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