This is an analysis of the poem For The Same Book that begins with:

With all its best of sense and wit
Each Album's earlier leaves are writ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXX bbccaa ddeeccaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 110100111 111111010 1010110110 111100111 01011100 111010101 01110100 010101101 11011101 101110101 11010101 11010111 11010001 11011101 11111101 11011101 01000101 010111110 010101110 11011101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of For The Same Book;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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