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

I HAVE kept all, not one is thrown away, not one given to the ragman, not one thrust in a corner with a 'P-f-f.'
The red ones and the blue, the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010111100010111001000111 01110101101110010111101 101111100101010101001001 1111110111011100101010 11010010010011101101111 1011110110101 111011011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 89 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, came, not, one, and, ones, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Films;
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