This is an analysis of the poem Balance that begins with:
What island is this that I'm on?
With no regrets that I'm desolate....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAA XccdeFDeGEHE eFDeGEHE ABAA eFDeGEHEg eFDeGEXeXEXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,8,4,9,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000101 010110100 10011111101 1110110111 1101 1111 0111 0 10 1001101101 010 10 1101101001 110 1100111110 11001110 10 1001101101 010 10 1101101001 110 1100111110 11001110 11000101 010110100 10011111101 1110110111 10 1001101101 010 10 1101101001 110 1100111110 11001110 111010011 10 1001101101 010 10 1101101001 110 11010011000 10 1010011000 110 1 1010011000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
The author used the same word balance at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines balance is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word balance at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase balance connects the lines.
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- summary of Balance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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