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

The brass medallion profile of your face I keep always.
It is not jingling with loose change in my pockets. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXababX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010110111111 001100110110 00111001110101 110000101010001 1001011011 0110011101101111101011010 11110 000100101010010101010110110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, it, and, woman are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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