This is an analysis of the poem Where Am I When I'M Wondering that begins with:
Your time is that time of mine,
I find most times in my mind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCC ABDD EFGFf ABCC ABDDXEFGFfFFFFFFFFFFFGeeFGeeFGeeefFF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,36,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 1111011 01111111 01010011001 1101101 1111011 01001111 1001001111 111101100 01111101 10111 1111 111111101 1101101 1111011 01111111 01010011001 1101101 1111011 01001111 1001001111 111101100 01111101 10111 1111 111111101 101 101 111111 101 101 101 111111 101 101 101 1111 11101 100 100 1111 11101 100 100 1111 11101 100 100 11110100 01111101 101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 52
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, away, drift are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words drift, wondering are repeated.
The author used the same word your 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 away, wondering are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wondering connects the lines.
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