This is an analysis of the poem To An Aged Cut-Up, Ii that begins with:

Chloris lay off the flapper stuff;
What's fit for Pholoë, a fluff, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bXbb ccdd XXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10110101 1111001 0111001 01011101 01111101 010111010 11000101 11011101 1101011 11101001 01110111 10110101 11111101 11111000 11110111 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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