This is an analysis of the poem Poem For The Feet Of Polia that begins with:

they have walked through the gateways
of my eyes... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbaXbXccXcc dddbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 011 111010 0110 11101010 011 1110010 011 111010000110 011 0100100110100 01010111010 010010011101001 010101110 0100101110 11101001 1100100101 1100100101 11000101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, if, might, them, of, bridge are repeated.

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

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

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