This is an analysis of the poem Afterimages that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdddefgbbfchibcjc XcecjfkbbccbXlmeebceeehbeaXj Xfnblhfjhn oheXbmncXXbbbXhkfbbhelkebl Xfmbgcehclee Xoe gchlje eobhngcXhla bcbelccdgbe XXagehoXXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,28,10,26,12,3,6,11,11,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11001010 010101 11 101110001 11101010100 10001 11011 1111110 10100 11001010 0101 0110101110 011100010010 0101010 1010110101 100110 1110011 0101110111 11000111 1 01101101010 0101010101 1101110001 0110100100101 0101010101010 101 101110111 0101010001 00100101000111 0101 1101010101 111001100 10010010111 110111101 01011 01110111101 101010 0111001001111010 110 110101010111 11101 111010101010 100101110 010101111001 1011110101 1111001 1010101 1 10100101010 110100011101 01011110 1111 010101010 1001101010 101111001 1110111010 001110001 010100010100111 111101010 11010 01101000 1100110101 011010101 010010001 0101110110 0101010111 010101000 01011101 0111 110101010 1011 110 011001010 0011101010 1011101 101101 101011110 1100110101 010100 01001101 1101010 100101101 101101 0110011 101010101010 1011011010101 010 10110101 1110011001 00101101 1110110 1010 110100011 0101000111 01 1 0111110111011 10010101 10110100110 1001110100110 1011111001010 1011010101 10110101010 11101110111 11101 010101010101 010101010 01001001010 101110011010 1001011 01101010 100 110100100010 10101101001 1001 0111 01001010000111 010101 01010100010 111101 01110 0111 010100001 0101110 0101 010011 010100110 11111011 10010011 10 10110 01101010 11010001 1101010 1100 0100101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 513
- Average number of words per stanza: 86
- Amount of lines: 138
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; her, his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, with are repeated.
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- summary of Afterimages;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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