This is an analysis of the poem Regarding Art that begins with:

Sometimes, I, too, tell the ah's
of my heart one by one...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXc dbcXbb efbXdeX XXfeeeXgg dXXbf fXXgbga XeXfffefXXXacb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,9,5,7,14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 011111 10111 00101001 110101 11 101 1001 11101 1011 0101010 1101 0100001 0010010101 1010 110101 11001101 1101011110 111000 1001 00101 11101 10101 01001 01111 01101 101101 01110110111 101001010010011 111011 0010010101011010 11101001 0101 0110 1001010100 10111001010 1111100011000101 111011 110101 1111 111011 11010100 11101110010 01011110 110 1001 11100101110 110100 10111010010 1111 1111110 1 11010 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of Regarding Art;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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