This is an analysis of the poem I, In My Intricate Image that begins with:

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I, in my intricate image, stride on two levels,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abccbc adacdc aeXXdc cXccXc cXcabc abcabc X cbccbc afccfc cXccfc cfaXfc aXcaXc cgccgc X agcccd Xfcfcc chhcca cecdcc caaccc cedcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011001011110 101100010100 1011010 01001111010 1110101101100 0111010 01001001001010 11010101010 1101010 111011101110 100111011010 1001010 01001001101010 10010011010 10110100 1101101110100 10110011110 0101100 00010011010010 01001010001100 111100 10100111101010 010010010110 0100101 1100101101110 11110001111 11111 1001011001010 00110101110 100101 10011010001010 100111010010 1001010 10100010101111 110100010010 0011010 1 11010100 110101011110 100101100101 1101010 010111001010 01001011001010 1110110 0100010111100 01001010101100 10110100 100101100100 100100110101 11010 1001110101011 111110010110 010010 1001101011010 010101010100 110101 1101001001010 0101001001010 011010 1001000100100 10110100101 1110110 1001010010010 110111 11010101010 110101100101 11011101010100 10110100 01011101010010 1001010101110 101110 110110001010 11110100100111 1 11001010101010 1101110101010 0100101 101110 1011010101010 1001010101110 01111101010 11010010101010 1111010 1111010 10110010101010 100111010101 1001010101110 0101110101010 010101010 0010010 1101010101010 110111010101 10010001010 011100100101 1111010 00101 1001110011010 111100110101 11010111010 111101000010 1001010 100111 111111010101 11011101010 1110010010010 1001001101010 11001010 101100 010100100010010 111001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, of, and, man are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, beginning, man 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 i connects the lines.

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