This is an analysis of the poem From 'scratch' that begins with:
Let's begin,
From 'scratch' again....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAaXbXb acdXef bcdXbfbfX faXXeafgg AAghgXhf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,9,9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 0101 0101111010 011011101010 00101001010 110010000 01010100011 1010101001 00101011 11001001001 1010010011010 10011010 01111001 01011101011 101001101100101 1101010011001 00101101001110 110101110 0101001011101 0010001011101 011001111111 10110100110 11111010010 111110001 11 11001 11010010 1101011001010 11010111110 0010101001 1011111001001 101 0101 1011110011101 1101110001 101011010100 10010101111 111010001 0111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words can, let's are repeated.
The author used the same word let's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase benefits connects the lines.
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