This is an analysis of the poem I Was Dead that begins with:
i was dead
i came alive...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd baefg hIEIX AXEc AIeIX AjeXX AgdXk Agihg Agffl Micjl Adafd Mddic Abclc iikieXcibki
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1101 111 10110 10101 1001 11001 011 10010 1101 111 1001 11 101 111 0110 1001 0001 11 111 0101001 11 101 111 11 101 0101 01100 11 111 110 10 0101011010 111 01100 101 101 001 11 11010 010101 1001001 011 1111 010101 110111 111 111101 11 11010 1101 11101 11010 1111 1010 1010 1010 0110 11 10101 111 10111 110 1111 10101 11001 0011 101011 110010 1101 0101 1101 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you, not are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases crazy, drunk connect the lines.
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