This is an analysis of the poem Change that begins with:
Change
Said the sun to the moon, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX acd aeXb ffc fcf deg aed bgXXabc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101001 1101 1 1010010 1010 1 101001 11110 111 1111 101001 11001 101 1111 1101 1110 110010111 0100010 111001 1010010101 1111 1001011 00100 0011 101 101001 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word says is repeated.
The author used the same word change at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase said connects the lines.
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