This is an analysis of the poem Vowels that begins with:

Black A, white E, red I, green U, blue O - vowels,
Some day I will open your silent pregnancies:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa aXbbX aaX Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101111111110 111010110100 01110011 1001101010100 10111001010 1101111001 11 1101010100001 010101010100 1001001001 101010011011 11111010100 10110101100 100101011001 1001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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