This is an analysis of the poem The Empty Glass that begins with:
I asked for much; I received much.
I asked for much; I received little, I received ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc de ddf bghbh fXgiXhfbbbXefj Xh iXcjj jjh fdcid gaXicbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,5,14,2,5,3,5,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 111110110101 1010 101010101011 0101101101010 1110111011 1100111 10100010100 111111101001011 11110101010 11010101001 10101 0101101 100101010 00101001 11110001010 101011101110 10100101010 110101 10010110 0011111011 1011101 0010010011010 0101111110101 01111110 01111101011010 0011101010010 1110101111 101101 101111000010 100101110100001 010001100101010 0001001010010101001 001101 111010 10001101 010101001001 111110 1101011 10110001010010 0101100 11110010110 11100101010 10110111101 011101001 01000100110010 10010110110 010011111 1110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, much, received, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines was is repeated).
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