This is an analysis of the poem Preamble (A Rough Draft For An Ars Poetica) that begins with:
...Preamble
A rough draft ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bX c deX d b b b bf ghif i jX b feaake eL L L gl eh mXa jkffgnf lX n f o fi iafa id pnbmnd qgen rlc iknf iba lnqgX h Xjf finl q hrn giqn l bqe ncopkgbf bnncqg bccgn Xf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,3,1,1,1,1,2,4,1,2,1,6,2,1,1,2,2,3,7,2,1,1,1,2,4,2,6,4,3,4,3,5,1,3,4,1,3,4,1,3,8,6,5,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 011 111100 111101 0101 1001001 11010100 1 1 0 001 10101 0100100 100101 1100 0101 0101010 10111 10 1000 0110101 10 101100 0101 10101 1101 0101 111 11 11 11 1 1 1 1100 0101011 10111 0101011 10 001 0110 011 10 010101 010100 011 0101001 10100111 10 0110010 1010 10101 11 101011 0001010 001001 11 001 0101000100 01 001 00101011 1010 110001 010010 001 11 0011 0010001 101 1000011 1 100011 10011 11101 10101 0010 1110101 111 101 10010 10 101 1101010 100 1001 1001 110111110 0 11010 11 1111010 10 1 11100 1 11 10 10011 1101 10101 0010010 10 1010010 1010001 10100010 1010010 101001 1010001 101 10010 011 001010 1110010 1 1110 11101 001001 01101 111 010101 0100010 01011011
- Amount of stanzas: 47
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 126
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and are repeated.
The author used the same words it, and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sail, there are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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