This is an analysis of the poem Post! To Delete that begins with:

Post to delete.
Delete....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaaA AaaA bCbCDAeFA FGHIHAA agaaa bCbCDAeFA FGHIHAA AaaAXAaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,7,5,9,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 01 1 001 1001 01 1 001 1010 11 1010 11 101010 01 0 10101 001 111011 101 0111 1101011 11111 1010101 111101001 100101101 1001011101 0111101 011100111 0101011101 1010 11 1010 11 101010 01 0 10101 001 111011 101 0111 1101011 11111 1010101 111101001 1001 01 1 001 1001 01 1 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; delete, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

    The author used the same word post at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word delete at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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