This is an analysis of the poem Magpiety that begins with:

You pull over to the shoulder
of the two-lane...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdebfbfgfbhdXabgiheadijakhlljddmfbbfjbbfdfffhgXXffiiegidfnhid opdpdddikonqhrbfXdjXisdcjqabjadcmXgirahofbscakdjdrbs dhmhjbbkfegbcfXmfbfdbqaXkdiidbsbddhihhhfmcdfmiljbdgmXbfjfiieieXdcm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,52,66,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010 0011 1111010100 11010 0101001001 101 111101 1101 1111011 0111 1111110 101 0011010 111 01101001 11111 100100110 1101 01101001 0101 010101 101 1101010 0010 0110101 011 1101010 011 111110001 101 1111010 101001 01010101 011 110011 110 10101101 1111 110011 01001 111111 0111 100111 101 000110 1111 101111 111 11010 1010 11101010 10101 011110 110 1001011 111 0010110 01111 10111010 00010 101110 111 1110101 0101 10010100 100101 10100010 10101 0111111 011 10001001 101001 111101 11010 11011 1101 1110101 111 1110010 10011 1110101 111 1011111 10110 00010101 111 110011 001010 111101 010001 1010100010 1110 11101 0010 10010111 10010 1010100001 100110 0110110 1110 110110 1110 01010011 11100 1001101 101 101111 101 0011110 011 00010001 101 00101011 111 0110111110 01101 110101 1011 110111 1011 110001 01110 110011010 011 1101110 11101 10101011 1111 11011010 01010 10100100 101 111101 1101 0100110 101011 0101001 00100 0110010 011 1101111 1110 1011001 011 1111101 1110 1010111 110 01011 00101 101101 111 0010111 1101 10101111 011 110111 01010 101011 011 010111 10010 010110 11001 01110010 1010 111000001 11 0111 111 10010110 1011 101011 011101 1110101 1011 1001101 111 010101100 11 101010110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 185
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, , and are 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 Magpiety;
  • central theme;
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