This is an analysis of the poem Story Of Or that begins with:
To pose nakedness is
To refute it. A pose...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX cXbd cXX eed X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 011000 001001 0011 100100 0111 01000101 010010111 011101 001011 1101111 111010001 111101 0111 010111 11101010101110010110110100100100011011010010100001000011010100010001001001101101001011110010100110001001001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, it, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of Story Of Or;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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