This is an analysis of the poem With A Simplifying Of My Desires that begins with:
I remember the very first time I wanted something,
And it had to be delivered to me overnight....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaccXc XddbXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10100101111010 1010001001101 11101001000110 11111 101010001011 10101110111010 10101101111 100111101001 010111011 001010101101 0010001001010001 011111101 00101001010 110110100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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