This is an analysis of the poem Naked Girl And Mirror that begins with:

This is not I. I had no body once-
only what served my need to laugh and run...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXa cdcXXda bebeeea aXcbfbf cddcgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011111101 1011110111 1111110001 10101111111 1111111111 11110110100 1101110111 1111011101 111110110001 1101110101 1101111101 110101101100 1111011101 110011010111 1110010111 101100101101 11110010101 01111010111 0101011101 0110110111 0111101101 11101111101 11111010101 110010101101 011111111101 111011011101 1111111111 1111010011 11101100101001 1101111111001 1111111111011 1111101111100 110111011001 0110010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, me, here, you, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Naked Girl And Mirror;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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