This is an analysis of the poem Chicago Poet that begins with:

I saluted a nobody.
I saw him in a looking-glass. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXXX cXXbaXc cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111 11100101 11101 11001101010101 1011010 111001110 111010011 101011 10110110 10101001 110101 10111 11111010 11010101 1101101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, he, when are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i is repeated).

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