This is an analysis of the poem Reflected Specks Of Dust that begins with:
It may be an illusion.
But all must agree, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcXXda be dXcfeXaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 11101 01001 00101 0101 00100110 0010101 01000101010 0101111 001001001 01010111 101000010 0101 011001001110 10100101010 1111 100101 011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.
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