This is an analysis of the poem What 'Fit' Would I Want that begins with:

Identity?
I've had one for so long....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbccd acefaefe gdXXXgbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 111111 111 1110010 111010101 1101010111 0010 0100 111110110 010111 101 10110100 11100101 1010010 110010101 11110 10111101 111 11001 1011101 110100 11111 011101 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 word identity at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of What 'Fit' Would I Want;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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