This is an analysis of the poem I Would Like that begins with:

I would like
to be born...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdefgahbijbgkclXkmcnAjnioPgqddPblgkhdbordngspjjggmncjdnjjjjncXXXjfndojbjjdcejpnkbXgbpptngujgXqndXdqocmXknqrfgultnmdommgcotqtdbtotttXboecobpsgjgpapgcdbkbXjpXtnctedgb Xo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 166,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 001 010010 1011 101 01 110100 0010 01001 010010 11001 001001 111011 011010 11110 010101110 111101 100110 11010 11 11001010 011010101 111 000101 110100010 10011 0010 11100 100110 1100110010 110010 110010010 11100 10110101 01010 01001010 0101001011 0101000101 01010001 01011 110 0010010 01010111 10101 10010 01010 11101 100101010001 01001 10110010 111 001001 101001011 11010110100100 1101 1111000001 101 001001 10011011 1010 10111 1111100 11100100010 111110 111001001 11101 1010001 1111000101 11 110010 11010 1111101 01 011001 1 0101 11100 10110 111001101 1 0101 10000110010 11 001010010100 1010101 010101 1011 1011 10111 0011 111001011 1110011 101001 1011011 111011000 0100010 111001 010010 0100 1100110 11110010000100 11010010 10 11 111 10101 0101 1010 100110010 1101 10100101 1100101 1110110010 1010101001 11110111 1111 111010110010 010110110 11 1111 1010010 01010110 010101010 101 100100101100010 01 01101 11110010001001 010 110100100010 101 010 010 1101010011 110101 10010 1001010 11110 001010 1001011001010 10011001 111101 111 11011 110001010001011 11011001 1010101 0011001 11101111101 0100 1011 110101 11010110 10101 0101011100 111 1111 011001000110 1111001 01 1100 1011001001 10111 1111 111 101 1 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3076
  • Average number of words per stanza: 380
  • Amount of lines: 169
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; every, in, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, nor, let, the, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tyrant, herd, me are repeated).

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