This is an analysis of the poem Fragment that begins with:
This I remember clearly: from stone to stepping-stone
I bore you in my arms across the quiet stream. . . ....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbX cXXc XaaX dccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010010101 111011010101 1111111111001 0110110111100 1110111100101 1011110111010 1011010101010 101011110101 1100101010101 110001110111 01011110101 0101001110100 0101010101011 110101110111 110101111101 0101010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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