This is an analysis of the poem I Watch Swift Pictures that begins with:
I WATCH swift pictures flash and fade
On the closed curtains of my eyes,--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef Xghg hXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110111 10110011 01010111 1011 01011111 01011101 10011101 1111 01010101 11000101 01111111 0100 01110100 01010111 11011010 1101 011011001 010101011 11110101 00010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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