This is an analysis of the poem Copper Ore that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXCXD ddeeffdfdd ABXCXD ddghhgddddd ABXCXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,6,11,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0 11 010 1011 01010100 110 10 001110 101011 101101 0111 10111 101010 101111 111010 11110 00 11 010 1011 01010100 110 10 101110 00111 1101110 001110 1010011 110110 111110 111110 1010110 101110 00 11 010 1011 01010100 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; and is repeated.

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

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