This is an analysis of the poem An Interpretation: Chopin that begins with:

Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28.
From whirlwind to shower,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXabXcdb XXbbdcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101 011010 011011 0010010 0101 010010 01101 0100100 1101 010111 010010 010110 0111 1100100 11101 0101101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, from are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word from at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word on at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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