This is an analysis of the poem Fantastic Is This Magicness that begins with:

It's magic is,
Wrapped fantastic....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX XBCD BAE fBDD fBDD XBXBG XBXBG BAE XBCD XBCDE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,4,5,5,3,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 1010 101000101 0100 0010 1101 01001 01011010 1100011111 101010011001 0100 1010 01011101 001010101101 10100 1010 01011101 001010101101 01000100 001011001 01000100 001011001 101110100100 01000100 001011001 01000100 001011001 101110100100 01011010 1100011111 101010011001 0100 0010 1101 01001 0100 0010 1101 01001 101010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same words it's, fantastic, its at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words understood, recipe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Fantastic Is This Magicness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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