This is an analysis of the poem 'Where Do I Begin? ' that begins with:
One has to listen to comprehend.
And one has to interact with others, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX caba XXdd effX dfgf X chgfdi X Xf X Xbgfd X eXh X j XXji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,1,6,1,2,1,5,1,3,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100101 1110101010 00011010101 110011010 11100100 01001010101 111111101 110111010100 0010101 0100101001010 011100101101 1110 111011 11101 1100011 010010100101100 011110001010011 1101100100101100 010111011 111011 101110101 1111001110010100 01100101 110111 1101101111100 01010111111 11111 11 10010001001010 1111 0010 11111 101101110 0101001110101 111001 1110011 100101110 11011110 1101 110111100100 110001 1011 1001 1111011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, one, has, and, i, want, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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