This is an analysis of the poem Heiress And Architect that begins with:

For A. W. B.
SHE sought the Studios, beckoning to her side... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbb XacXddX XccaX XXXeeeX fggXX XbXaaXX hffhX XebiiiX ajjaX dXadddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,7,5,7,5,7,5,7,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 110101100001 1101011101 1101010101 01001000111 110001 1000010 0101 01111111 10101010100 1101001101 1101010101 10110 1010111010100 1101011111 01110011101 0101110001 1111010 101010 1101 11110100 10111110101 1111111101 1111011101 110100 10100111010101 1111110111 1101110111 1101110110 0101110 101100 1101 110111010 10101011101 0111111111 1101111100 110100 10101010111 11011000101 0111010101 0111111111 1111100 101010 1101 01110101 101001110111 1101001101 1101110101 110100 11110100111 1101010111 0101111101 0001111111 0111010 10101 11110 110101001 101101011101 0111111101 01010011001 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 words and, to are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase light connects the lines.

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