This is an analysis of the poem Architectural Masks that begins with:
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There is a house with ivied walls, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbbc X dbddb X aXaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 10010101 110010111 10110011 11111101 1111 1 001011101 11010101 110100111 01110111 110101 1 01010101 111101011 01010111 11110101 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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