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

Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee
affords. I once read something about coffee. The thing said that...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbefdcghdgdiXjXkfjhdelidhegmiggndXjkfeialXgihXdejhbdXdcfdeXjdjmjhanXijdXnnadeecae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110100100101110100001010 011111001100111100011 01011010 111101011010111010101 1111111110110011001111 111 1011011100101110110111011 01111111111011110 110111101011110100101 0111111111101110100 111101111001011010011 11110110010001000111110 0110 1010101010111110101 0100011 11111111101 1101010110101011001 11101100101101010101000101 011010101101001010110110 1 1111 110010101010011111111 111010010010111101011 00010 1101010101011101010110 1100101111011011010101 11011100 101101101010100100101 111010 11110111101011101110010 1010111101110001011101 100111011010101 11101101010101001011010 1111110001110101110010 0001 01011101011101101110 1110111010101111010 11010111101010110000101 1011110101 0111010100111110 1110101101010100101101 1111010010110111101010 10 1110111010010101001110 11111101010 1100110110010110 1101010101011011101 1101001110100101011011 11000101110011111110110 10110111110001010110 1101001011011101101101 0101100101111010101 101001100101111011100111 010111011110011 110011101011110110011 11010110011101 110011110010100110011 1110111111110101111 1011110001 11110101011111011111 100101010010111110010 1001 1111010101010001001011 010101011111 1111111 110101011101010101011 0101011111010 1111111010111111011 101011111111001010010 11110101001111111 1001110110110 111111101011111001010 0100110 111011110110010011 010101100010110101 010111111010001011011 1000010110010101011111011 10010001011100101010 110110110010001011001111 1011110101010111010011 1011101 110001011101010101011 01111001011011101010 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5690
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1157
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; coffee, i, she, her, and, could, it, on, water, would, of, cup, bar, had, in, to, that, at, kitchen are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'i, she, going are repeated.

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

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