This is an analysis of the poem Why Waste Time On Those Kinds Of Minds? that begins with:
I am blessed with a package,
That doesn't appear to have depth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCXCDEXD dX fXdXXgdhf XX ABCXCDEXD gdccXXXhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,9,2,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 11001011 101110011010 1100 1101010100 10111011111 0011001101 010100111 111111111 010 101010 111101111011 01111 11001010010101 1 1111110 1010000100 11111100001 10100101100 1101011 111010011100 11101011010 1110010 11001011 101110011010 1100 1101010100 10111011111 0011001101 010100111 111111111 111001010110 1111 11110101 1111110101 111 110011111 11111101 110110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
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, and, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 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.
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