This is an analysis of the poem Notes For Canto Cxx that begins with:

I have tried to write Paradise
Do not move...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXa Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 111 1011 10101 1010111 11 11111001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; i is repeated.

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

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