This is an analysis of the poem Penetration And Trust that begins with:

I
Sleek as a lizard at round of a stone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaa X aaaa X aaaa XXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101011001 010011110 11010111 1100100101 1 110101001 0110101111 110101101 0100111101 1 110100101 11010111110 0100100101 1100101101 1 1011001001 010110111 110011111 1001101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; her is repeated.

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