This is an analysis of the poem 1st Chorus Mexico City Blues that begins with:

Butte Magic of Ignorance
Butte Magic...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdX XcXXcab X XXXXddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100 110 001111 111 111 1110 10 10001 111100101 0100010 11111 11 11 111 1111100 0111011 001100 11100 10 11 10 11000 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; butte is repeated.

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

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