This is an analysis of the poem With A Welcomed Greeting Done From The Heart that begins with:

I have been writing,
Much longer than many can claim......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bXcXabbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010 11011011 0110100 110 1100110111011 0010011101 1101001101010 1010001000010011 01001000010001 1010010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; with is 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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  • summary of With A Welcomed Greeting Done From The Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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