This is an analysis of the poem Would I Dare To Claim Fame that begins with:

Would I dare to claim fame,
To declare myself famous? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXacdXd beXfcag edbcXXe Xbhdgfgi XaeXdXbXABbieddhfi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,8,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 0011110 1110 111110101 11001001 111011 110111 11101 11011 1110 10010110 010100100 111 111010 1110010 111010 11110110 1111101 1111 01011010 111011011 1101001001010 110 10010 0110101 011101010 110100110 1000010010 110111010 11100011 11 011 100111101 11000 11010001011 1111001000 00100111010010 111011 0011110 1001110010 01110101010 11101 1001000111110 1011010101010 1101001010 10101010 0111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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