This is an analysis of the poem No Originality Or Freshness In It that begins with:

So you changed some things around and called this new?
Yours? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaa cbdedffcG ebGc ba efgX Xee ebgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,4,2,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011101 1 01100101 1110001 11 111010111 11010 10111011100 0100100011010010 0011100 11010 11010 00100 110101001 1101010 1010100010 110101001 0010110101 1011111001110010 0101 10010110 1111100 111100101110101 111011111 1111110101 0001101111110 110101011 111111110 10101 10111110110010 11010100110000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; it is repeated.

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

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

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