This is an analysis of the poem canvas and mirror that begins with:
self-portrait with cats, with purple, with stacks
of half-read books adorning my desk, with coffee,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bX cb ad cb Xc Xb ed cf cX cXXfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101001 011101011010 0101011110 01010110101 10111111111 10010100101 1010000100010 01100111001 101101111 101111010110 0111001000100 010100010011 10110001110110 101101110110 011011100110 0110010101 101001010101 100100101100 1111001011 10001101001 10100101011 100011000110 1001001010 010100100001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, self, portrait, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
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- summary of canvas and mirror;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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