This is an analysis of the poem Alchemical that begins with:
Silence, like Gold cooked in
charred...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abc Xde XeffbXdgc Xh agbb XXbX Abccb ihai
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,9,2,4,4,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110 1 1 11 111101 1001 101100 11 111 100111 11 01 0111 1 1 1110 1 11 1001 1011 10011 00101 11010 0 01111011 101110 11 1 10111111 01 111 1 1 1
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, good are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines much is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase good connects the lines.
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- summary of Alchemical;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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