This is an analysis of the poem Scraps And Pieces that begins with:

Is there anything of quality,
Left that is significant? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaXa CBDECC FCBCGHB FCBCGHB CBDECC AAAiii FCBCGHbXbFCBCGHb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,7,6,6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010100 1100100 1010010100 1101 0010010100 11100100 11010001 10101101 01010101 10110110 10101110100 111 0100 111 0100 111 1110 1011101 111 0100 111 0100 111 1110 1011101 11100100 11010001 10101101 01010101 10110110 10101110100 011010100 011010100 011010100 01101 101 101 111 0100 111 0100 111 1110 1001101 111001001 111 0100 111 0100 111 1110 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; and, they're, anything, there are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, is, anything are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 quality, anything are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sit 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 anything connects the lines.

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  • summary of Scraps And Pieces;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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