This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Reading Frank J. Wilstach's that begins with:
As neat as wax, as good as new,
As true as steel, as truth is true, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 11111101 01010111 11011111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11111111 10111111 11011101 10111101 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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