This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, LI that begins with:
The past and present wilt—I have fill'd them, emptied them.
And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bXa ccX X ab X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,1,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111110100 101011110010 1001111100101 1011111010010 1100111111111000110 1110111 1011110111 111101101 1101010111111011 1110111010010010 1100101 0110111101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, who are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines myself is repeated).
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- summary of Song Of Myself, LI;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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