This is an analysis of the poem Tormenting Yourself, Privately that begins with:
It is not my thought,
To see you banging your head......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadebeefgahihjb bickal fX fdlaajg X jLmakmnkibn XXXjLj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,6,2,7,1,11,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111 0111011 0111 10111 1111 110 11111 0110010 010 1101111 01110101 01011010 0111111 0101100101 11011001 110101111 00101111 101 1111100101 0100101101 10101111 10011010101 111110 11111 1101101 1110101011 11 1010011010 110101 101001010001 11101110 0011001 1011101011 01 1111 11010101 1110010001 11 11111010 100 1 1101 11110011 010 1 1101010 01 1111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; to, you, evil are repeated.
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- summary of Tormenting Yourself, Privately;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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