This is an analysis of the poem Not That One that begins with:

Find me another word
that is not so ready. I want ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcabadaXXdXeXcdceA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1011100 011111 110111 0101001 1010101 1101111 00100101001 11111101 110101010 101111 10111 110110111 0110100010 01100101 1111100 1101010 110101 11110 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; that, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines   is repeated).

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  • summary of Not That One;
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