This is an analysis of the poem Cozy Apologia that begins with:

I could pick anything and think of you—
This lamp, the wind-still rain, the glossy blue ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaXd eeccffeddX Xgfgeefafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011101 0101110101 11011010101 111101010111 1111010001 010101111101 11001010001 1100101 111100111 11100101010100 0101010110101 11001011111 01010101010101 1011111101 0111010100 011101101 11010101110 111101011010 0111001110 1001110101 10101110001 100101 11010111 1101110001 1001000100 11011001011 11010101001 110110101 01101010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Cozy Apologia;
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  • history of its creation;
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