This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza Ii that begins with:
I think very well of Susan but I do not know her name
I think very well of Ellen but which is not the same ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbaaaccXddeeXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101111101 11101010110101 11101011111011 111010101011111 111010101111111 1110101101010 1110101010101 1110101 00010011011 101110010010011011 011101111 111110011 111 110111100 10101111011110100 1110000 111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 730
- Average number of words per stanza: 159
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, very, well, of, think, but, not, they, it, learn, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines so, him, learn, difference are repeated).
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More information about poems by Gertrude Stein
- Analysis of Yet Dish
- Analysis of Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza V
- Analysis of Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza I
