This is an analysis of the poem Self-Portrait that begins with:
I don't believe in God,
I look upon nature with wondering eyes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcXbdeX AbccacffdfX bXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 11011001001 110111101001011 010010011011 110001110 1111111010 0010001 1011010101 110101 0101001010 100011001 10101000101 111010 01001101 0101010 11011110111110 111000101010100 0101110 11100010100110 0101010101000110 0111001100011110 11111100001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Self-Portrait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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