This is an analysis of the poem Large Intestine that begins with:

Look in the mirror. Let us both look.
Here is my naked body....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbecffg hdccge Xbbihhcae bX idbXdiifXggXbX bfffbcb bb jfXXehjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,9,2,14,7,2,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101111 1011010 0100110 111100 11111110 1111 01000 11010110101 01101 1111111 1011001000010 0010001001 010000111110 11110111101 011111 101011 01111 110 1101101100 110011011 10111001 1010001110 1111010011 11110100111 11101101 10 11110010010 1011011 1111 1101110111110 010 1101 1011111 00110101 010 1011101 01011 101111 10 110 1111 1110 0111111 1011101 101001 00010010010 01101 11010100010 0101010 1001010010010 10011010 1010001010 1100101 1010100101 01100 001010 1010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines myself, body are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word body at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Large Intestine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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