This is an analysis of the poem Nine Nectarines And Other Porcelain that begins with:

Arranged by two's as peaches are,
at intervals that all may live—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXeXfaa fgdhgXiiXeX XfiXfXXXecc jihgX XXXXXeeeefj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 11001111 110101111 10101111 00100 1111100 010001 11010100 10110101 01111 10001101 11110101 10010101 010100101 01011110 10001 0101100 101101 11110101 11001011 1010 11101100 01011100 11010011 101011101 10010111 10111 0010101 010110 1001100 11110101 01101 10010100 100011101 11010101 1110100100 10001110 10 0011000 010001000 101001010 01001001 11010 1100110 101101 01011111 10101100 01001 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.

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  • summary of Nine Nectarines And Other Porcelain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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