This is an analysis of the poem Unfaithful To Myself (Beware. Beware!) that begins with:
When I ran away,
I thought that I would stay......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABA ACdeE FGFGFGHH ACdeE aABAfFGFGFGHH FGFGiFGida FGFGfGHHC hXFGFGHHC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,5,13,10,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 111111 101 1100 11101 01011 1 111110 001010 1100101111 110101 1100101111 0101 1100101111 110101 111 01111001 11101 01011 1 11110 001010 111101 111111 101 1100 1 1100101111 110101 1100101111 0101 1100101111 110101 111 01111001 1100101111 110101 1100101111 0101 1 1100101111 110101 0010011101 11010111 10101010011 1100101111 110101 1100101111 0101 11100101111 110101 111 01111001 1110010011 11111 1 1100101111 110101 1100101111 0101 111 01111001 1110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 63
- 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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same words when, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word myself at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Unfaithful To Myself (Beware. Beware!);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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