This is an analysis of the poem About My Poetry that begins with:

I have no silver-saddled horse to ride,
no inheritance to live on,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXX XacbXccccX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 10100011 10101101 010100111 01010 1110 11001101 11 11011101 110111 01010010 1011 11111 10011 10100 0101 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of About My Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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