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

. . . party on the stage of the Earl Carroll Theatre on
Feb. 23. At this party Joyce Hawley, a chorus-girl,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd aeafaXdagddhcdifjefbbklbamXad cdadiddddXdlcXk gaanfoXafgXdomaaaofjjdaffXodaboc inkiajelagdhc db gpfXpfbf fclgdfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,29,15,32,13,2,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101001101001 1010110101100101 100100101001 1111 110010110010 010011111010 10101100010 11010011101 11101110101 111110101 011011110010 1001110101 0010111010 100100101010 1011000101 110010101001 100010011111 0100110100111 11111011110 11010101010 1010010111 11010111111 010101101010 01010100010 0001101111 11001011001 01011000010 110100101111 11110101010 1111010111 110100010100 0100111001010 11010010101 1011011111 1100101001001 001111111 110000100110 1000111010 1010101010 010001111100 100110101010 1001001010010 011001100101001 01000101010 1011100110 0010010000101 010010100101010 011 110011 11010011010010 11110111101 010101101010 100011001101 101000100100101 111000110100100 1110000101110 11011110110 001 100100101 1111100111011 1101010101 001010101011 1011010011010 0101100101 011101001010 011111010111 110001011010 101111010001 0110110001 1011010110010 1101010001 1001010100 00100111001 011010010111 0010001010111 0101010101 0101001101010 100100110011 11001100101 01101 1110010 00010100100 0100100111 10010101100 0111110110 0101001101 0100010101 0101110100 11000100010 10010110001 11110011101 01010100101 1110100101001 11101000100 100011100010 0010100110100 01000101010 01011110010 01100101001000 01010110100100 110101001010 101001001111 110 1010110 010101001001 01010010101 010010101101 01000010001 11001100011 1001100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, heroes, her, in, to, it are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines shore is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Causerie;
  • central theme;
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