This is an analysis of the poem Conversation With Jeanne that begins with:

Let us not talk philosophy, drop it, Jeanne.
So many words, so much paper, who can stand it. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccd bead cXdXcdX d XabXXeeXXde XcdbeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,7,1,11,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100101 110111101110 1110101110011 111000110101 011101111010010100 11010011010101 1111101010010010 11010011001101 1111101010010001 10101101001 111010010001000101 0101101 11110101011111011 11110101011 111110110 1111001000111 1110111111 1111111101010010011 111101011111 101011010101 11010010000111 100000111110101 0100110111110011 1000101011001011 100100001100100 0111101010101101 1011101010 00110111101011 11111110110 11010111101 01011010010 001101111 0110101001 101110100011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; we, of, i, that, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, i are repeated.

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