This is an analysis of the poem Without The Influence Of Assistance that begins with:
I am a poet.
Not a politician....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcaaade abafXaAXea aXafe aXaXXd gaagdbe AcadXhbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,5,6,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 101010 1110 11101010100 1011000101111 111101010001 1111010 11111 11111010111 100010010110100 1111 1110001001010 1010110 011111 11010 1101101 011010 1110 111010110111 110011010 001110101001 0101101110010 0010101 0110001 111 0110 1110101001 0010011110001 1111010 110111101 11 1110011010 1 0101000010 11111010 10101010001 11010 010 100100 111110101 11101 0101101101 0110111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; or, i, to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, 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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- summary of Without The Influence Of Assistance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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