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

Three Triangles
TRIANGLE ONE...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a bcbcdd dadaee fgfhgg X adXii jj g gegeXe fhfhkk ciciaa egegll bX d jeejXX XXceXX eXXemm dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,6,6,1,5,2,1,6,6,6,6,2,1,6,6,6,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110 1101 1101110011 1101111101 1111011101 1101111101 1101101011 0101110011 1111111111 1011010101 0101010011 11001110101 1111101101 1111110111 1111001111 1111111101 0111110111 1111110101 1111010101 1111011101 1111110101 1101010111 11010000101 101110011110 110101011 1101110101 1111110101 0100110101 1101 1101010101 1111011111 0111010100 0101010101 0101010101 1111011001 1101011111 0101111111 1101100101 1101010101 1111010011 1111010111 1101011101 1111110101 1111110101 1101010001 1101010011 1100010101 0100011001 1111010101 1111010111 1111110101 110101011111 111111101 1101110101 1101111101 1101 0101110111 1111111101 0111010100 1101110101 1111011001 11010111010 0101010111 1110111101 1101010111 1111110101 1101110111 1101111111 1111011111 1111111101 1101011101 1010100110001 11111101010 11111100110 1101110111 1111000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he, and, to, in, as, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words but, it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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