This is an analysis of the poem Shapeshifter Poems that begins with:

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the legend is whispered...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcdcebXcccf X ggahhgdXX X ciiibbbefjjX X achhfXbffa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,9,1,12,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010010 00101 1011110 1 10110001 11001 01001 1101000 1111 111010 11110 1110 1 1010010 0010010 1010111 110101 11011010 100100 1111101 01000101 0010010000 1 001011 101 101 101 100011 101 01111 111 0111 100 10 1 1 010101001 001001011 0001001 110101 101101010 000100100011000 10101010101 11010 0011101010 0010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short 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; not, who, enough, poem are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, is are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines enough, one, poem are repeated).

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  • summary of Shapeshifter Poems;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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