This is an analysis of the poem Disputed Boundaries that begins with:
Taste? Good taste? It's been argued before,
But not many agree on it yet.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd deefdfd gbgbcdXd babahdhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101001001 111001101 110101111001 11100101 111001001001 101011001 111101111011 01101101 011101011111 11110001 11001011011001001011 011001101001 1010110001 110101011011 11101101 111001001 011001001 111001011001 111011001 11001011001 1010011 0111110111100 11100101 101111011011 111011001 11001001111 011101001 111001111001 011001011 001001111001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hurray at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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