This is an analysis of the poem I Am, O Anxious One that begins with:
I am, O Anxious One. Don't you hear my voice
surging forth with all my earthly feelings?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacdcdeXXae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110111111 1010111010 1111111101 1101010111 111010101 1101011111 1111110101 0111010101 01101011111 1111011111 1111011000 11110001110 0101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 556
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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