This is an analysis of the poem Gouge, Adze, Rasp, Hammer that begins with:
So this is what it's like when love
leaves, and one is disappointed...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab ccX aad edX fdf bXf XXf dXg cfX Xeg cbf Xdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 11101010 101011010001 010100110 010011000010 1011011011 010111011 0101111 10000101 100101010 1010010011 0101011010 101101101 1011000101 1110101 001111010 001000100011 01011100110 1000001001 11010011 001110101 1011111101 010001100000 110101010 11110 10111001 100010101 01100011 011011001 11100010 01011110 1010110011 1101011 1010111 111101010 101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
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- summary of Gouge, Adze, Rasp, Hammer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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