This is an analysis of the poem Released From The Academy Of Acne that begins with:

Pimple free and cleared of blemishes.
Pimple free and cleared of blemishes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABB AABB C XBBXBB DEDF C DEDF AABB AABBXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,6,4,1,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110100 101110100 101 1101 101110100 101110100 101 1101 101000100010 11011011010100 1101 1101 11011011010100 1101 1101 11010001110 1010001101 11010001110 1000011101 101000100010 11010001110 1010001101 11010001110 1000011101 101110100 101110100 101 1101 101110100 101110100 101 1101 101000100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; pimple, free, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word pimple 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 blemishes, free are repeated).

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

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