This is an analysis of the poem It Arrives Like Magic Without A Wand that begins with:
Over the years I've done what I've done.
And adapted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcX cdbaeX a XXced XXedd eccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,1,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100011111 1010 010111 0010101111101 110011011011 100011111010110 1110 111010010111010 110100111001000010 11101101011 001110100110101 111001 111010111001101 01001000001111010001 100100110111101001 01100 0110010100 1111010011010010100 1111001 111111110101 10100 010001010110 1110101100 11110101001001000 001110010101 11001011011001100 110000111110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, one are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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