This is an analysis of the poem Complaint Of A Poet Manqué that begins with:
We judge by appearance merely:
If I can't think strangely, I can at least look queerly....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXababX cXdXXccedde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 0111101111110 1110111111 11101011 101000111 111101 10110101 110010111 11010111 10001001010 00101110100 101000010010 100100101 1010100100 00010101 1110111001 10101011001 110101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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