This is an analysis of the poem To Re-Interpret An Interpretation To Be Reversed that begins with:

To re-interpret an interpretation to be reversed,
What is the purpose? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXC ABCXC AdaaX ABCXC AEDAEDXABeD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101010100001 10010 11 010100 01 010101010100001 10010 11 010100 01 0101011101100 1100010 110100101001101 1100011 1001101 010101010100001 10010 11 010100 01 0101011101100 1100001 1101001 0101011101100 1100001 1101001 010101010100001 10010 111001 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, no, matter, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words show, proposed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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