This is an analysis of the poem Said The Poet To The Analyst that begins with:

My business is words. Words are like labels,
or coins, or better, like swarming bees. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaababcXcXXdcdceXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111110 111101101 101111010101001 1010101110010 100011011111 11110111101001 101001001001111 101111 101 1100101111 011011011110 111111101001 111001010101011 110111100101 101110010001 11110100111110 1010011001 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; words, like, i, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Said The Poet To The Analyst;
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  • history of its creation;
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