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

I think about your sex.
My heart simplified, I think about your sex,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcc XXcXaXb XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11101110111 010110001 11010100010 11101001 01010001 110111101010 1010010100011 1110011 0101 110 1110101011 1110111111 1100010010 1110 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 word oh is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of XIII;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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