This is an analysis of the poem Choose A Removal Of Delusions that begins with:

If you choose to save face,
With a haste......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBbDEA CcFCcG CcFCcGg HGHGHIE hGHGHIE IGHGHIE ABCBbDEA CcFCcG IGHGHIEXEEEE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,7,7,7,7,8,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 001 110101 01 0101 010 11 101 01010 1 010100101 01010 1 001010 01010 1 010100101 01010 1 001010 00111 11 100100010 11 100100010 11 100100010101 00100111 111 100100010 11 100100010 11 100100010101 00100111 011 100100010 11 100100010 11 100100010101 00100111 011011 001 110101 01 0101 010 11 101 01010 1 010100101 01010 1 001010 011 100100010 11 100100010 11 100100010101 00100111 0100100111 0100100111 0100100111 0100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; it, takes, reflection, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, include are repeated.

    The author used the same word it 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 do is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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