This is an analysis of the poem The Gold Key that begins with:
The speaker in this case
is a middle-aged witch, me-...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefffgXgahfeXicjdabiXbcafbahcbibjkXhXbXcllkhe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001 0010111 1011111 11001 1111 1001101011 1110011 101 10101100 11010 10111 10 110111010 1101011 010101 10 110111010 01001111 10101 1101 11101 11101 010 11 11010101 1001111110 10101 111 111 00101011 11110 111010 0111011 11010110010 01 011001 111101 11110110 01010 10101 1101 11 01001011 1010101 01 10101101 1001010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1102
- Average number of words per stanza: 220
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; you, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words are, he, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase forgotten connects the lines.
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More information about poems by Anne Sexton
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