This is an analysis of the poem Count The Almonds that begins with:

Count the Almonds,
count, what was bitter, watched for you,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cbdcad aXaabbX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,7,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11110111 110 1111101011101 1 111101 1101011 110010 1011111110 10101101001101 1011000010 01011001100100 1 010111 01101111 1010111010 1110 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; count, you are repeated.

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

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