This is an analysis of the poem From 'Places To Go' that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcdef gehe eid Xi fj X ejkfiabkX kij gXaX hae cgahj c jiah aeX llhXjbl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,3,2,2,1,9,3,4,3,5,1,4,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00011110100 1 111100 110111110101111 111111010111110 101011001010101 10 110101010110110 011111101111 11101111010100 101101001101 1111001011111 1111111101111011 11001110 110111 01011100110001 1101010011110 1111 1 101001111111001 101010101 10011 01101001000111010 111001010010 1111 11100111011101010 11111011101010 0101111011101 0010101100101001 11111110111111 11101 111001011111110 11001110110111 101111111010111 110111001010101 1110101001111001 0101011110010110 01010111 11111111 110111110001011 1001100111011111 1101011101110 011 1 111011 101101111011 1101100111100111 0111110101110 111010011111000 10101111100101 1101 101001010001001 1001111110010110 01111110 100111 11000011010101000 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, cut, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines caught is repeated).

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