This is an analysis of the poem I'M Scared Of It All that begins with:
I'm scared of it all, God's truth! so I am;
It's too big and brutal for me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dadaaXae fbfbghgh XXdieeee fhfhfbfb bebefefe ehehfefffeXeeiie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100111111 01111011 110101111101 1101000111 01011111011 11000011 111011001001 01001001 11011011101 11011001 11001011011 11011001 11011001001 11110110 010010001011 11101011 11011011001 11111011 11001001011 101001111 11011011001 110101101 11101011111 11001001 11111101010 11001101 11111101001 001011001 11001111001 001001011 111111001011 111111011 11001001001 11011111 11111001101 001101001 01101101101 01001011 01001001001 01101011 11011111111 01001011 01001011001 01101101 01101111111 110001101 111001001011 111101011 01001101111 010110001 11011001001 11001101 11011001001 11011001 11011011011 01101011011 011011001111 01101011 001001011 001011011 011011 101001 111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, to, and, there, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i, just, the, there's, to are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines there is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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