This is an analysis of the poem Too Much On My Mind To Waste that begins with:

From my head to my toes.
And with an ability to be conscious of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdbXX bbcX eX c badcbeXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,2,1,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 1010100001000 1011010 0101101 1 110100010100100 1001100111 1011 111100001111 111111101 0111110100 1101111101001 110111 100111010 1111101110 1011 11110100101 01111100 00101110 11110100100 111 10011011 0101111 111110101101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; my, to, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Too Much On My Mind To Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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