This is an analysis of the poem Magnified that begins with:
Be not about shock.
Or be the one to keep it doubted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC ABBC Xdcd ABBC cXXb abcc beXe dA BAFFBAFFBA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 100101010 110101110 01110111 10011 100101010 110101110 01110111 111010010 11101 1110101 010101 10011 100101010 110101110 01110111 1010100010101 10101010 10101 1010101010001 110011 111101110 011110010 11110101 11001110101 1110100 111101 1001101001 1 01011 111011111101 01011 11 001 111011111101 01011 11 001 111011111101 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The poet repeated the same words stopped, shock at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Magnified;
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