This is an analysis of the poem Affair With Various Endings that begins with:
I. Kempton, Pennsylvania
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bb cde cXX cd f ghd h Xij kl j m mhd c dbd dmm gga bjhj dc h h X gd nbg b of X mbp qX i he lfm d ejp gim odd h nqk cl bXX bmm cgk mmXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,3,2,1,3,1,3,2,1,1,3,1,3,3,3,4,2,1,1,1,2,3,1,2,1,3,2,1,2,3,1,3,3,3,1,3,2,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101010 0101001 1001000101 1100101 011111110 0011 11000101001 011001 110001 01100010111 01000111 111010111 111000110011 10010101111 11101110 011100101 110101 1101111 1010110 0101101 1101010010100 11111100 111 0111101010 110110 011110 10111 011110110 01110011 01011001 10100111001001 100111001 101110 1001011111 1001001 011010 11011 101010100101110 111110 0110 11110010 111011101111 010101111001 01101001 11010100 011110111 110011 01001010110 111110111011 10100 11011 10111001001110 11010111 0110 11010101011010 110001111 0011 10010010 01011 11111011 011001 101101 010110 1110001 1001 11011001 010101100011 010100100 0100101 1010 1111 1011100010 101010 0110101010 111010 111011110010 1111000100 10011 11011 1000011 11010110 00010010001 10111011 00100 111010111 01101 0001010 1101011 10111111 110101 111111 1101 11011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 44
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; in, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word because at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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