This is an analysis of the poem Whats The Use Of A Title? that begins with:

They don't make it
the beautiful die in flame- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXcdXaa AXcccA bEbEf bdXXX AXc Xfe Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,5,5,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 0100101 101111011 10 11111 1011010 111110010 011 011 0101 1110 0100101 11101 111 1110 1110 11101 1011110001 11101 1011110001 001 010011001001 100010110110 1111010111 1101 100 1110 010011 1101001101 101101110111 1011110001 001 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; reject, they, one, flame, and are repeated.

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

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

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