This is an analysis of the poem Used As Blood Transfusions that begins with:

What am I hoping to accomplish,
With my 'poetic' offerings? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabca X Xdbebcd XeaX fgdcfhh XeXi XXfgi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,7,4,7,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010 0110100 10010 10111001 11010 111011 0111 11101 1101 100111 11011 1111001 01111010010 1 1101 111011011 111 11 111011011011 111011100111 1 11101 111010 11000010110100 110 1001 1110111 10101010 111010 11 111100 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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  • summary of Used As Blood Transfusions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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