This is an analysis of the poem Favrile that begins with:

Glassmakers,
at century's end,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX bXc dcb bXX ecc fca gXh caX XhX cXc Xcc ghd cbb Xcc dXX iag Xjg cab kcl bcX mXX ddb fba kga bic Xna dad deX Xjn egm bbc dldXcdn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 11001 01001010 0100 01001100 1101 1011101 10101 11010 1110 101100 10100 010 010001 010 1111 0110 101 11 10101000 1001 101001 101 101000 101010 00101 110 1101 01100 1001 1001000 101 100111 10010 10101 1111010 0101 11100 1011 01011 0101 100100 10001 1101 01010 101010 1111010 00101 101010 01010 000010101 10101010 0111 1010 01110 1101010 01011 1101 01010 0100 11010 011 00010001 101001 011101 010010 111 010011 11101 1010 01101 10111 101 110010 1000101 10011 1111 0111 1001010 101010 1101 1010111 010010 1010 1110 1110 110 1101 101010 11111 011101 1110100 1011 00101 11010010 10010101 10110 11011 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase what connects the lines.

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  • summary of Favrile;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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