This is an analysis of the poem Demons Are Chameleons that begins with:
Demons are chameleons.
And precise when chamouflaged....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaX bXcXX DAcDAXDAbDADDDcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100 10111000 11011011101 0011001001001 1000101101001010 1010011001100 0110101001101 001000110001011 1101010010100 1111010011010101 10110001000010 101 00101010 10110001000010 101 01111 10110001000010 101 0010101011100010 10110001000010 101 0010101111 0010101111 0010101111 101 001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, stinging, done, until, 'they', stung are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stung is repeated).
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