This is an analysis of the poem An Art Message that begins with:

HE gathered cherry-stones, and carved them quaintly
Into fine semblances of flies and flowers; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111010 00110001110 010111010010 01010111010 01011101110 1101111101 11110111010 1101010101 11111101110 11011101001 01011100110 11011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of An Art Message;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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