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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