This is an analysis of the poem No, I'M Not Byron; I Am, Yet that begins with:

No, I'm not Byron; I am, yet,
Another choice for the sacred dole,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabcbcdbXb X e XdXX Xaff Xbbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 010110101 11010101 11000101 11011101 10110101 10110011 0110111 1111001 11110011 110101010 10111111 01001011010100010 11110 11110111 11010111 01110100 01001111 10110111 11111101 01011101 01110111 11010001 01011011 11110111 010001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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