This is an analysis of the poem Palladiums that begins with:
IN the newspaper office-who are the spooks?
Who wears the mythic coat invisible?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XaaX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110101101 1101010100 110101 0010110 1100101010 001001 110010111 1100101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, speak are repeated.
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