This is an analysis of the poem I Have A Fire For You In My Mouth that begins with:
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I have a fire for you in my mouth, but I have a hundred seals ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXacXXXXdbXddcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 11010110111110101 111 011110111111 1011 10010111010101 10101000101 1011110010110101 01001000 010001111011011 1001100 010111001010111 11011001 11110011101101001 10 10011110010001 10111101001 10111111001011 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
- Average number of words per stanza: 153
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, have, i, of, soul are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines soul is repeated).
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