This is an analysis of the poem Color Coded that begins with:

Color coded.
Ego bloated, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB CD AAB EFDGG AAB aaaah AAB CDEFDGGhaag AABXgAAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,5,3,5,3,11,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 1010 11 110110 11100110 1010 1010 11 11011 111101 11011 101001 11110 1010 1010 11 1010010 0110010 101001 0101 0101 1010 1010 11 110110 11100110 11011 111101 11011 101001 11110 1111 1101 1001 11111 1010 1010 11 10 1010 1010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whose is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whose is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Color Coded;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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