This is an analysis of the poem Once The Chipping Away Shows A Fakeness that begins with:

When one values a true 'gem'...
It is best to keep that gem shining, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXX bccda XeXbX dbeXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 001011110 111 1100101001 100101101 111001001 110111001 001001011 111010100101 101111100 1111011 10101000 0101010101010 11 10100110100 1000 0111 1010100101110 11111 11101011111 110111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, that are repeated.

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