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

No, I didn't lost the beauty, but in whole,
I'm put to shame to see it by my eyes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dde XXe X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11101010101 0101010111 110111111 0101010101 1111101101 00010011010 11101010111 11010100110 0101010100 1001110101 11010111010 010101011 011111101 0111101110 0101110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; it is repeated.

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