This is an analysis of the poem Wanting Not To Run that begins with:
I am in it to compete and finish,
All tasks to pass and to succeed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDefcc ABCDbXce cfegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1100001110 11011001 10101 00101010 1011110101 100010101 11101010 100111010101 1100001110 11011001 10101 00101010 10101011111 10101001011 111101010101 0100110101011 1010111000101 11011101 0111111011 010111001111 1010101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases winning, success connect the lines.
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