This is an analysis of the poem Here I Am that begins with:

All night, a man called ‘Allah'
Until his lips were bleeding....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaX bbXaX bXbcdcdcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 0101010 10101110100 11101011 11011101111 111110010011 111110 011001101010 011101101 1100011 0011110111 1110101010 0111111 1101001111 101011011 110110101 11011011001 1101011 100100101011 1111101011 00100101001010 1010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, to, your, me are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Here I Am;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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