This is an analysis of the poem Said I To Myself, Said I that begins with:
When I went to the Bar as a very young man
(Said I to myself - said I),... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccB dBdBeeeB fBfBeeeB gBgBhhhB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001101011 1101111 11101101001 1101111 11001101101 001001001001 01001011101 1101111 11011001001 1101111 11101101101 1101111 101101001001 011011101101 11001101001 1101111 111001101111 1101111 111011001001 1101111 1101011001 11001001111 111001001001 1101111 01001001101 1101111 01001001101 1101111 01001001011 11001001001 111001101001 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, said, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word i at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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