This is an analysis of the poem Tender Buttons [a Chair] that begins with:
A CHAIR.
A widow in a wise veil and more garments shows that shadows are even. It addresses no more, it shadows the stage and learning. A regular... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X a a X X a X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 01000111110111111001101101101110010001000101010101110010111111000 01000100111001011001001010100111110001010101100011010 0101100100111111010110111101001100101010101100 1010010011111010101001001011010 1100100010000010010100111101101 010010001001111010100101110111010111001110010100 1010111111010111001010100101010010001101000110010101101011011100010000010100001010011000 0010100100010100001011010101110101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 165 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 29
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, more, suitable, no, not, it, spectacle, than are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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