This is an analysis of the poem So Unique that begins with:

Your poison to make.
Seems to have had me, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefghXXdedf aibXjhgich ibXbXkkhdXjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 10111 10100001 11001010 0001101 11011 110110 00101101 10110 110111 00111 1111 10101100 011010 101 1010101 11111 0110 0100011 10101 1010110 111111 001101 100 10110101 101011 1001010 10101001 100 01010101 101100 101011 11011010 110101 01111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of So Unique;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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