This is an analysis of the poem Grotesque that begins with:
Why do the lilies goggle their tongues at me
When I pluck them;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXbabbXdceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11010101111 1110 1111 1100101110 1111101010 111 111111 1111 111100 1110 01011 1110101010 011011 1110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).
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