This is an analysis of the poem Two Lyrics From Kilroy's Carnival: A Masque that begins with:

I Aria
"--Kiss me there where pride is glittering...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcaa cddedcedX a ffghhhgbhbXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,9,1,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 1111110100 1111110111 110101101110111 10101111111 111110111 111101011111 01011010111 011111101011 0101 11101 011110111 1110111011 0100101001 011111010 11 100101 111101 10100100100100 11110001010 11111111010 11101100110 1100100111010100 1100110010100100 101101001001001010 01101101001010 10 010101010010100 10001001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, kiss, me, you, until, to, and are repeated.

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

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