This is an analysis of the poem Of Bronze—and Blaze that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaXacXbdaece dfafXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111 0101 110001 11000001 110001 1101110 010111 0111010 010100 11110101 110111 01011100 110000 11010100 1110001 01010100 111101 11000101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; so is repeated.

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

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