This is an analysis of the poem Whoever Brought Me Here that begins with:

All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaX XcdXXcX dbXceXXeaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111110 101101111010010 111010 1100110101 11010111 010001011010 111101011 100101011 0101001010010001010 010101111 110010111111 111011 1110111001 110110 0111110110 1111001011 1101101101111111 010111010111 01001101101001 1110 101101000 111010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, who, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of Whoever Brought Me Here;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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