This is an analysis of the poem Poem that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcX Xdae bXXa fXec efca cfdX XdXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010101 11100010 111011111 1011010100 101111100 1110010101110 010011011 010100100101 0011101010 1010111111 001001010 1000100101 110101111 100110010 001111 111111001010 110111101101 10010101 10011101010 11010000101 1111000101 1010101101 010101101110 0101100001000 111010001 10110100010 101110111 010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Poem;
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