This is an analysis of the poem For A Girl In A Book that begins with:

Kim, composite of all my loves,
less real than most, more real than all;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111 11111111 01101001 10011010 101101 11010111 011100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • 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; of, all are repeated.

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