This is an analysis of the poem Tender Buttons [objects] that begins with:

A CARAFE, THAT IS A BLIND GLASS.
A kind in glass and a cousin, a spectacle and nothing strange a single hurt color and an arrangement in a system... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c c b b d e f f e X g g b X h a d X e e c c g g X c c c g g X d X c h X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00110011 010110100100110101011011010001001010111010110000101000100010 110 101010000100010010 010101110110011110111101011110101011110100010111011100010011010100111101001000101010 1011010101010011010001011011110110100110101111010110110001001110101010100011001011010 0100010 01010010101000101010000110010100 10010110010110010100100100011001110111101011101110010 0101110010111101010001011101100100101101010010010110011110110110101011001101011001111100101111101010101010 010011110101010 10010010010100001011001101000010111011000100101011001010010001011011011000010001100111100011011001000111010010110101010110010101001101001001110110100101011010101 11101101010101110101101111101000100010101110010100110110010010001101011111001001010110101010110101101 01110101110101 0100101101100101000111011011010111010110101010110101011101110110111011 0010101001100100111001 1001101011101100011011111001101111010101 01 10101101101011011010111011001011010110100101101010100100110010100010011010000100011011010001100101110110101 01010 1010 0101110 01010011010010010101100101001010000100100100110001100101111010111011010 01001001110010010010010011100010010011001100 0101010011111010110001 011111000011001010111101000010110001010101011110011000010010010101011110100101111101001111010100101111010000110100100100 010001001001110101011000110110001111110011011000100110100010101010001100010010101010100101001011001010110001000101010111101010110010101010100101010101001101010111010 11110 11110101010010111011110010 011011010110010101010111101101110 10100 01010101000101110010100001010111011100100010010 10010 01111011101011100111110100101001011110101011001011110010101101010 010001 01010010101001010001011010110100101110111010101111010110 011 01011010101111011010110010101110110110100110100011110100110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 174 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 33
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, not, there, that, no, change, it, to, of, any, be, if, use, very, what, supposing, thing, white, red, out, comes, like, so, same, more, sight, may, way, one, for, makes, cause, which, extra are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the, dirt are repeated.

    The author used the same words a, the, dirt at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Tender Buttons [objects] ;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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