This is an analysis of the poem Shaking To Re-Invent To Then Adjust that begins with:
Never did I ever stand inflexibe.
To prove I had strength against opposing winds....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbcbda EFCBGG gXedbcfaXEFCBGG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001101100 01111010101 10110010100100 101001000 1010111 10100011111 110101001 011001011110100 1101111 1001010101101 00010011111 01101101 101100100101010 110101100110 1111 110 0101100001 01010011 001001100 1111001 010111101 1010101110010 1101111 1001010101101 00010011111 01101101 101100100101010 110101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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