This is an analysis of the poem Free Verse that begins with:

I now delight
In spite ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabccdbeeddddffaadbbggXhhiihihieeaaaajjXggkaak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 01 001 101 010010 010 1010 101 0111010 110101 010101 11011 0111 111101101 11010101 11 111 101 101 101 10010 11111110 11 1111 1111 10010 0101110 1101 1111 1010010 0111011 110 01 010101 0010101 110 110 10010 110010 1001 1001 01010 1111 1111 11000010110 10101 01001 101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 992
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; to, and, it are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Free Verse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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