This is an analysis of the poem Images that begins with:

Images.
Images invented....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbbba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100 100010 100010001 100010001110 0110010101 010001011010101 00100101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words images, a are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase images connects the lines.

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  • summary of Images;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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