This is an analysis of the poem I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag that begins with:

Now I'm warnin' all you women don't stand too close to me cause you might catch fire
Now you're talkin' to a man in a whole other kind of bag...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABccBdbXbeXXXebXbfdgdgefecbhbcdiidgchchXXiBebfbABcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110111101111110 111000100110101 1011101111 11101111101 1010111101 111100101110101101101 1010111000101 1111111111111001111 10110111101 11101010010010101011 11001100111010 1111110111100101 1011010111 1101010100011110101 111010101001 1101010111011111111 010111101 101011011101100101 101010010101 1101001011111101 1011010101 1111101110110100101 1010101011011 110101110010111111100 111111110111 1011110010001010101101 11100101010001001 111101001011100011101 11110110101 101011110111101011 11111011101 1111111110101 110110010101 1111101111 10110101001010101010 111001111101 111111011101110101 11011010110101 1011001110101 10101011010 1111111010111 11111111111111101 1010111101 11011111101001011100101 111011101011011001 11110111011011110101 11110111101 10101110111101111110 111000100110101 01110111111101111101 1010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3075
  • Average number of words per stanza: 651
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, i, that, and, i'm, your, of, make are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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