This is an analysis of the poem Butter. that begins with:

Butter
Butter, like love, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbcdXef eggXdbXc abcXbbef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1011 11001 111101010 1101001011 111111 01010001 0100001 010101 1101 1111 1101011 01010001011 11101010 1101010 101000110 110110 1101011010 110101 111010 110101010 001011011 1111 1010010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; not, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words butter, not, that are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase butter connects the lines.

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  • summary of Butter.;
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  • history of its creation;
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