This is an analysis of the poem I Am As I Am that begins with:
I am as I am and so will I be
But how that I am none knoweth truly,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbaA XbXa cccc dddd aaaa eeee ffff eeee ddddXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111010 1111111010 0010001011011 1111111010 111110000 11101100 11111000 1111111011 111011101 111101101 11011101 111111001011 10111111 10101101 11111111 111111100011 11101101 110010101 10010111 111111111011 11011111 110101001 01011101 11111111011 11101101 011111011 110111111 1111111111 10111011 01011111 11011111 11111111011 11101101 1111111 111111011 11111111001 10011011 10111011 11011111 11111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, be, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, but, who 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.
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