This is an analysis of the poem Fragment that begins with:

I.
TUSCARA! thou art lovely now, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcddddeebbafgaga X deedhihidedegjgjklkl X kikilagaajaj X dadfaeaegegemgmgi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,1,20,1,12,1,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 10011101 11110101 11010101 11110111 01010101 01000101 11010101 1111010101 11011111 11010101 10100101 01010101 11011101 11110100 11011101 11001101 11111111 01010101 1 11110011 11110111 01110111 01100101 11011101 011000101 010011001 010101001 11110001 010111001 11110101 11011101 11110101 110001001 11010111 11010101 1100111110 011000101 110101010 11010001 1 1111001110 11101101 011101110 01010111 01010101 10011101 11010101 11100101 11010101 1100101010 10011101 0101010 1 01110111 01110101 11011101 01010100 0111011101 11011101 010101011 11110101 11000111 01111111 11010101 01110101 11111111 010001110 11110101 010111010 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, that, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of are repeated.

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