Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza Xiii by Gertrude Stein: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza Xiii that begins with:

There may be pink with white or white with rose
Or there may be white with rose and pink with mauve ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 1101011101 11101011101 110110101011001 1100100010111 1110110111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, white, or, there, may, be, rose, and, even are repeated.

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

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

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