This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of Roulette that begins with:
This life--one was thinking to-day,
In the midst of a medley of fancies -... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbC aXaXbcbC aXabXcbC XXbcbC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111001 0010010010 001101111 110010110 11010010 01101101 110011010 01011001 01001111 011010110 01101001 011011010 010110010 01101101 1111011010 01011001 01001001 010011010 11001001 110010010 110110110 11011001 0111010010 01011001 10 011010010 01011001 010011010 01011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his, of, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word roulette at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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