This is an analysis of the poem To A Jar Of Wine that begins with:

O gracious jar,--my friend, my twin,
Born at the time when I was born,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXaacca adddcceXeX fafagg Xdbdahhah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11011111 101000101 110001010 11010101 11011101 10110101 10010101 110111 10000101 1101100100 110001001 01011101 11010001 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 1010011 11110101 110101001 11110101 10111101 11010111 110111001 1111111 111100101 01011111 101111 11111101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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