This is an analysis of the poem Perhaps If I Fantasized that begins with:
Perhaps if I fantasized,
I'd find less time to be critical....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbcXXdcd AaebXeeAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101101 111100100 01010111010 110110010100 10111 1110100010 1110100001 1101 11010101 0101101 11110001 111100010 00100011 1001111 1010110001010 010011101001 0101101 1101111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i is repeated.
The author used the same word perhaps at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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