This is an analysis of the poem Mirages To Test that begins with:

Effectively created mirages to test,
Are in those places where updating them......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaXXc X d EddfX GG EdX a cafXXXbhX d gddhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,1,5,2,3,1,9,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001001001 1011010100 1010001 1100101010 111011101 0111101 01001 10111101 01000111001 11101 1111111 1111011 1110111 11111011 01100010 0011 1111 1111 1111011 11101100111 0110100111 11111 101111001 11101 11111 1101101 1110111100 1111 011000101101 1100100011001 100100 1111 11 111 110110001 1110 111001 0011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, what, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines see is repeated).

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