This is an analysis of the poem My Work that begins with:

In my work, at any given point,
the great issues of identity politics...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbaef agXdXh aihXjbfX ddfkdXi lXXkdmfa ifnejgdai galjkgejXgiaadgnmgdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,8,7,8,9,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101 011000100101 1101001011001 010100010 10010010 11110101 0100110 100100010 1101011 101010010 1000101000 01001010100 110100100 0100011 011100010100 11101010100 100001101 01101011 110101100010 11011011010 101101011010 0101101000 11100100100 1111111000110 0111111010 1011100101 1100011110 11010111001 1101111 01001011110 10101110010000 1000011110100 0011111010100 101001011000 11111101 010101110110010 00011000010110 1111100100 1010101001 0100101011 1111010010 0100110110 11111111 1000011000011110 10010110010 11001001010 101110111 101101111 1100001000010 1101010110 11110000011 00011010011 100001101010 0110010001010 10010010011011 1010010100100 10001011011 11010010000100 10100010110110 1110001011 01010011110 10011110101 01010010101 1001010 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of My Work;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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