This is an analysis of the poem Playing At Priests that begins with:
WITHIN a town where parity
According to old form we see,--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbaaccddeeffaaggXegg ggXXh i iha j ja k ki X ai g agXajj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,5,1,3,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011100 01001111 1001110 11001101 11100101 11010011 11010101 11110111 0101001 10110011 11110101 01110101 11010111 01110101 11010101 01110101 11011101 11111110 110001010 010101101 11010101 01011101 11110101 11010101 010011010 010011010 01110001 11101001 11010101 11001101 11010101 10010111 10010101 11010101 011101110 101100010 11010101 01010100 111100111 11010111 11011111 010011111 11011101 01010101 0101010 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases we, connect the lines.
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