This is an analysis of the poem Is Regularity A Gift? that begins with:
Asking me if I like to write...
Is like inviting someone to define, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB XbcaXXXd AXaXdeba dX ABBc aea e AXeeXceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,8,2,4,3,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101 0101011001 0101001 001011 0010001010 101000010 010101010 11010101010 0101111 1011011 11 01010001 10010001000 10100101 1100110 01011 101001 111101011 1 101011110 0111000101 10101101 0101011001 0101001 101101001010 101111 110100101 011010000101001 1100011111110 01010001 1 111001010 1110010111110 011111000 11101111110 1110001 11101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words would, i are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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