This is an analysis of the poem Unlike An Image To Fit that begins with:

Unlike,
An image to fit....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aB CADaB CADaB EfBBghfBB BghfBB CADaB CADaB EfBBgh CADaBaBXCAaBaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,9,6,5,5,6,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 11001 1110101 1001111 00101011 01 11001 1110101 1001111 00101011 01 11001 10111010 0 11000 11101001 10 1010 0 1101 00111001 11101001 10 1010 0 1101 00111001 1110101 1001111 00101011 01 11001 1110101 1001111 00101011 01 11001 10111010 0 11000 11101001 10 1010 1110101 1001111 00101011 01 11001 01 11001 1110101 1001111 01 11001 01 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    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; to is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Unlike An Image To Fit;
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  • history of its creation;
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