This is an analysis of the poem Comparisons that begins with:
CHILD, when they say that others
Have been or are like you,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcd eaeaea fafafa cXcaca gdgdgd Xbhbhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 101111 1100110 110101 1101010 111111 1101010 110101 0101010 110101 1101010 111101 1111110 110111 0111010 111101 1101010 111101 1101110 1101001 1111110 110111 1101010 110101 11110011 110101 1111101 011111 1101111 1111001 11110101 110101 010011101 0100101 1101011 110111 0101110 010111 1101010 111111 0101110 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, some are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase eyes connects the lines.
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