This is an analysis of the poem What Good Am I that begins with:
Out of my mind!
So out of it......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abacdaec fbgegh ei ajecedXXakd jhj X a AXlakk X kacX belh mbh dX X kbmabe X Xhmh kmbhjfb bXbXeb XbbeX X bdjka imX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,2,11,3,1,1,6,1,4,4,3,2,1,6,1,4,7,6,5,1,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 1100 0111010 10001 10101 10101 101101 01011 111 101001 01011 101010 01010 10100011 10 1110110 11110001 111110 0101 101011101 1101 01010101 1110111 0100111 111010101 11011 0101011 1110110 11 1010 1011 1101 1011 11001111 10111010 01110100101 110111 1101101 111 11 1101 00111 11 1101011010 0100110111 010101000100 110111 1111 11100001010 1001011101 11 101110 111 11 1101010 11011101 01010111 11101 1110111 1110111 1 11100 111001 111011 11 11111 111 11001 010010010 10101 101110100 11111100 10111001001000 1110110010101 011010100 110011100 0111111101001 1 10100 11010010 0101010 101101000 1111 110010 00110101 11011110 10101 111011 1001110010 1011 0111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 91
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; my, i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, don't 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Good Am I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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