This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself that begins with:

I was a Poet!
But I did not know it,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaXaaaccDdeeffccggXXeehhaahhiiddhDXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 110110 100110 11101110 01010100 0111100 01001010 1010 0101010 0111010 11 101100001 101 111111 0000100 1100010100 11010101 110100101 1101 1110101 11 11010111 001101 010101 01010 11010100110 111001010 10100010 0111 01 111110 101011111010 01 111 11001 11011 00110100 101 110110 11 01 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1022
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Song Of Myself;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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