This is an analysis of the poem My Book that begins with:
Before I drink myself to death,
God, let me finish up my Book!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadee afafgg hihijj gigibb Xdidkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 11110111 11111111 11110101 11100101 11011101 11010111 01111111 11010111 01111101 11010111 01111101 110010101 111111001 010100101 01010001 11111100 11010101 00110101 11110101 01010001 01110001 01111111 11010101 00110111 00111101 11011101 11010101 11010111 10010011 110101010 11011101 11101111 01010100 01000111 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, it's are repeated.
The author used the same word it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Book;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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