This is an analysis of the poem Someone I Don'T Know that begins with:
A spell within repeating.
Unseated in my grief....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCA ADEE XfXXf ABCAXADEEe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 010011 11101 0111010 1101010 110101 11101 11111 111111 0110110 010101 100 11111 0101010 010011 11101 0111010 1101010 110101 11101 11111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, someone, it are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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