This is an analysis of the poem Ernest Hyde that begins with:

My mind was a mirror:
It saw what it saw, it knew what it knew. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbaXcXXcXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111010 0110101101 011111010 00100101 11011010011 101 110011010 10011110 110110111 10001001010 0101110 0110110101 10110111001 010101110 100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 549
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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