This is an analysis of the poem Prelude To An Unwritten Masterpiece that begins with:

You like my bird-sung gardens: wings and flowers;
Calm landscapes for emotion; star-lit lawns; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbc deedXceebbc cXdeaa fghgfhfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11111101110 1111010111 1101011101 1101010001 1011011001 1111110101 1101011101 1101010101 1111010001 101101101010 10111100101 0101011101 1101010111 0101010111 1101011101 1101110101 1101011111 1001010111 1111110101 11110101111 01011111010 11010101010 11111100110 0101011101 11000111010 1101010111 11010111110 10110001010 1111010 11110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

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