This is an analysis of the poem De Gustibus--- that begins with:

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Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbXbaaccccc X dXccebbeXbdXbbffbbbbbgggbXaXaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,1,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110111001 01101 01101 10111010010 111001010 0110100011 1011 01001 1101001001 110111011 001101 10101 1111 1 11110101 0010100100 0010011101 111111001 011110101 101111101 110100101 0011100101 101010101 111110101 1010100110 1101111000 11000101 001011101 010110101 11010101 100111010 11000101 010101001 011101110 110101110 11110101 111100101 100101001 111111010 1001100 11010111 11010 1001 10111101 100100100 11011111 1011111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of De Gustibus---;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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