This is an analysis of the poem A Thing That Still Hasn'T Come Up To My Lips that begins with:

A thing that still hasn't come up to my lips and only peeks through my eyes,
It asks for words, sometimes from me and sometimes from you,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa XXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011110110111101111 0111010110101 110111111001 1110100111 1010100001000010 0101010001 1011110011111111 0011000111001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, words, it are repeated.

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