This is an analysis of the poem The Pink Carnation that begins with:
I may walk until I’m fainting, I may write until I’m blinded,
I might drink until my back teeth are afloat,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaA babA XaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111011101110 11101111101 1110111010101010 11101010011 1111111011111110 10101010011 1110111010101010 11101010011 1011111111101011 11101010111 1010111011111010 11101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- 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; i, my, until, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, when are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word coat at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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