This is an analysis of the poem Smart And/Or Lucky that begins with:
There is a style that emerges,
When one applies a skill....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb debfgaX aeXgcg haeeaXad ahcfgdfghfcXeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,6,8,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011010 110101 1101111100 001010110100 011010 110101 0111011010 1100100 01010001011 11000101 01111 01111 1101001110 010010 110001 001010100 011111 11101 010111100 11010011101 0010111 00101010 011001101 1010001111 1011011011 111011 11101 1101011110 101111001101 1111010010 010010 11011 110101 0110101 0010101 001100000100 0101110010 01010010101010 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, to 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.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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