This is an analysis of the poem Adventure Of A Poet that begins with:

As I was walking down the street
A week ago, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dadXda gfgf gfgf hihi iXXi bcbc djdj igig afaX kfkf llll mnmn gaga dmdm lala dldl gdgn momo nnnnkhbh agag iiii emem blbl aiXi agag loXo igig okok ioio fafa ieie hlhl ldld klkl bcbc kfXh aiai okoX ikiX dldX okok lala dfdf agag mimi XagX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 0101 110011001 0111 01010101 0101 11111111 1111 11110101 01010 11011111 01010 11011111 1111 01001101 1110 111011101 1101 11011111 10010 11111101 11110 11110001 11010 11001101 11010 11110011 00010 11010101 00010 11110101 1111 11111101 1101 11110111 01100 11110101 0100100 10010101 1111 11111101 0101 110100110 11010 110101010 01110 01010011 11010 111100101 11110 010101110 11110 111101010 11110 10010101 11001 10010101 1101 11110101 010100 11010111 010100 1101001 11011 10100101 11111 11111111 0101 11110111 1101 11001101 11001 11000101 01000 10110111 0101 10010101 0111 11010101 0110 11110100 1100 11110111 11110 001010101 11010 110111110 01010 111101110 11010 11001101 1101 11010001 1001 01111101 1111 11011101 0101 01000111 10110 10010111 11010 11010111 1101 11010101 1101 10010101 1101 11110101 1101 11011111 1101 01101000 0101 01111101 1111 001010101 0101 010011010 0111 111101110 0101 11110100 11010 01011111 01010 01011101 1110 11011101 10010 10111101 11110 01111101 11110 100101010 0101 1101101110 1111 111101101 0011 11110001 0101 11010001 01010 11110111 11110 11010101 1111 11011101 1101 11010101 01011 111111001 1111 01100101 0101010 11010101 11110 11010101 01010 01010101 1101 00010111 01010 11010101 01010 01000111 01010 10010101 11010 110101010 1101 110001010 01010 00100111 0101 11010101 1101 110101010 0111 110111110 1111 11010101 0111 11011101 0111 11111101 11010 01011001 11010 11110101 11010 110010101 10010 01110101 00010 11011101 11010 010101110 11010 111101 01011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 49
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 202
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and, i, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, the, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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