This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, VII that begins with:
Has any one supposed it lucky to be born?
I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX Xbb XXc Xabdda bcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,6,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010001 110001110001110011110 1110010110011111101011111 101101101101110010 0101010111110 111111111011 110110100101110101100111 11111010111 10011011011111111 111110111110 1101101111010010 11011101111101010010 11111111111 111010100010 101111001111010 1110101101011 1101010010010011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, it, i, good, earth, for, me, that, mothers are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, for are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines good is repeated).
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