This is an analysis of the poem Love &Amp; Fame &Amp; Death that begins with:

it sits outside my window now
like and old woman going to market;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXcXbdca dXca X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 1111010010 011101 01100 11011111 01100 110100110 110101 111101 100110 1101 0101010 10 0001100 10 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Love &Amp; Fame &Amp; Death;
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