This is an analysis of the poem Totally Obligated that begins with:
When I walk,
I may be talking....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDEF Xcgdfg fXehi ecach XAB cDEF Xeiii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,5,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11010 1 011101101 0101 11001 11110111000 1 11110100 1011011 01 01001 11010 10100111 0101010 101011 111 10101111001 111101 101 11010 1101011 1 111 11010 1 011101101 0101 11001 0111 0110101 1 1111 11100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alone connects the lines.
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- summary of Totally Obligated;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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