This is an analysis of the poem Phanopoeia that begins with:

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ROSE WHITE, YELLOW, SILVER...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa XbbcXde XXdcaX fc bXf Xbcccd gebgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,6,2,3,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111010 0101101101 01001 100110111 01010111111010 1001101101101 01011011 0111011 1 10 0101110 11111001 1110001100 1010 110101001 01001110 01011010 11001011 110101001 1 10010 0101101010010110 111011110 1010100110 10001001 10 0101101 0101110011 01110001011100 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you, of are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines shoulders is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of Phanopoeia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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