This is an analysis of the poem Rhythmistic Pulse that begins with:
One, two, three...
Rhythmistic pulse....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBBBCDXX CdXXeDFX CDXXeDF ABBeDFX eDF ABBBXABBBXAXAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,7,7,3,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1001 1001 1001 1001 10010 10101001 001010 001010 10010 10101011 001010 001010 1 101000111 101010 001010 10010 10101001 001010 001010 1 101000111 101010 111 1001 1001 1 101000111 101010 001010 1 101000111 101010 111 1001 1001 1001 100 111 1001 1001 1001 100 111 100 111 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; rhythmistic, pulse are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words rhythmistic, with are repeated.
The author used the same word rhythmistic 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 pulse, pulsed are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word pulsed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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