This is an analysis of the poem Contractors Of Piece that begins with:

Contractors of piece,
Deciding which piece each will keep....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDECA Xebd eEeEeDeA CDECA eEeEeDeA eEeEeDeAXeeaBeeABeeAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,8,5,8,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 01011101 11001 01011101 1011110 11011111 110111 1011010 11001101 01010100 001011100 1101 010100101 110 1110111 110 10111001 110 1000111 110 10010101 1011110 11011111 110111 1011010 11001101 1110 1110111 110 10111001 110 1000111 110 10010101 110 1110111 110 10111001 110 1000111 110 10010101 110 110 11001 01011101 110 110 11101 01011101 110 110 11101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; piece, contractors are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word contractors 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 contractors is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word piece 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 contractors connects the lines.

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  • summary of Contractors Of Piece;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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