This is an analysis of the poem Emphatically Expressed that begins with:
A writer doesn't write to attract readers.
Maybe gossip columnists do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbb cdeccc fXXXeff gfggXcfcX XfaXaccc Xdcdhh dchdfihih fXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,9,8,6,9,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010100110 10101001 0110011001 1010101 101101101 110011011111 010001 11001011 110101011 0101101 110010010111 1101111101 111011 1011011001000 1111010101 111101 1111101 10100101 100011110 1111 11111110011010 101010 110 111010101010 0001101101 100111110001 10010111101 110100101 111111100 0110 111010111 1101100111 0001000010 1000010111 11001000101 100111010101 11 1110010100010 110001011 010100 1110111010 01 100110 1101 01 11110100001 111010001 110100101010010 00111001 001101010 111 11000001 01
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, night, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word something is repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 night is repeated).
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