This is an analysis of the poem My Typewriter that begins with:

I used to think a pot of ink
Held magic in its fluid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXXdX aebebdfc fgXghfff gXeXcbcb igcgfhbh cgXggjbX XbjbicgX gbXbicbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1100010 11110111 1100010 11111101 1101010 11011110 1101000 101111101 0110110 11011101 1100110 01110101 110110 11110111 011111 101111111 010001 11010101 110101 11110101 1100101 10011101 0110011 101111111 11001010 11011101 1101100 11010111 110101 10011111 111111 101110101 110111 101001110 011111 11101101 010111 01010101 110111 101011111 010101 01010101 010101 11100101 110101 111111011 110110 101111101 011101 00011111 010111 11011101 110111 11111101 1110010 11101101 111101 01011111 0100001 11011111 110011 11110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, as, from, to, me, and, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, from, with, why are repeated.

    The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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