This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, L that begins with:
There is that in me—I do not know what it is—but I know it is in me.
Wrench'd and sweaty—calm and cool then my body becomes,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bX XX Xa b bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111111001110001 1110111111001 11111 1111000011000101 001010101010010 100111101111 00001000110101001 01111111111110110 1111110110 001101100110100010100100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, i, know are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sisters is repeated).
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- summary of Song Of Myself, L;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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