This is an analysis of the poem Song #3 that begins with:
I peeled bits of straws and I got switches too
From the grey peeling willow as idlers do,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff ggffhheeeeii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101111101 00110111101 111101111101 111111011011 11011111101 101001101011 101011011011 11001001101 1010011011011 010110110101 01011011101 111001101001 11101011011 11011101011 111010011001 111111111001 111111111001 111101011011 11101111101 10100101011 11101011001 11101011011 11011101001 101011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, of, to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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