This is an analysis of the poem Paris, October 1936 that begins with:

From all of this I am the only one who leaves.
From this bench I go away, from my pants,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaca Xdabcd XXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010011010111 0011101011 01110100110 01101101 010011010111 0011001101 10001101 111011101 10101100111 110010101 1010011111 1110101011101 010011101 1101011101 110010011 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word from at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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