This is an analysis of the poem A Spring Piece Left In The Middle that begins with:

Taut, thick fingers punch
the teeth of my typewriter....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcccXdbeXecefdfgbhiJHF XcjXbXbeXhfkliJHF kbmXhhlihXflhameeehXmhjX mmdddXhhmgdhhkcfe X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,17,24,17,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 0101110 1111110 0100 01 01 01 1110100 011101 11011 1001 1110 1 101 1111 1101 1010 11 111101101 1110010 0101 011000101 111 100110110 01001 00100 1100 0101 0001001001 100110 110100 111010 11 111100101 11101 11011101 1101 1111 011000101 111 100110110 01001 01110010 011101 11111110 0101010101101 110101 101101000101 10010111 00100100111011 0111101 01111 101011 11010011 110 00010 1 11101101 1001001 11 10110 11011110 1 1111101 1100010 1010100 01010 1101 1010 110 111110 11010 111001 11010 111 10 01 0011111 011101110110 101 10101010101 0101 11010011 111101 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 911
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; spring, here are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words spring, , the, i, but, if are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases spring, connect the lines.

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  • summary of A Spring Piece Left In The Middle;
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