This is an analysis of the poem Candied Kisses that begins with:
She wants it sugar coated.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC DEAFFDD BXAEE BXAEE ABC DEAFFDDab BXAEE BXAEE GHGE GHGE BXAEEXGHGE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,5,5,3,9,5,5,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 0111 010100100 11000101 11110011 1111100101 1010101 100001 01101 10110101 1101 100 111011 110101 0110 1101 100 111011 110101 0110 1101010 0111 010100100 11000101 11110011 1111100101 1010101 100001 01101 10110101 1101001 0110 1101 100 111011 110101 0110 1101 100 111011 110101 0110 11 1101011 11 10101010 11 1101011 11 10101010 1101 100 111011 110101 0110 11 1101011 11 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 59
- 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; he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same words they, woe at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words wishes, kisses at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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