This is an analysis of the poem Undertwo that begins with:
I.
I hold my husband in plastic bags. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX dcc X eecdbf bacdgh ijXbXb X ikg lhm hXj dag X mkcn kakd a anc bag Xej ljX falXkdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,1,6,6,6,1,3,3,3,3,1,4,4,1,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111100101 110010111 1111110 1010100101 101000110 0011010 1 011111 1000101 1101010010 1100101 01111010 01011001001 111110111 011111111 11111010100 10111001 110101010 110011 111001 1110110 10111101 1010110 0101000101 11101010 1 11011011111 0111111101 010100111010 110110111111 11101001101 0101110010011 0101001011101 110101101 111101010101 010111101 0111010011 01001010 1 011011010 111001100101 01110110 0100101001 10101 1110111 101011001 01011011 1 1101100001 10110111110101 111110010 0111001010 101010111 010111000110 01111101010 010101011011 1101010 01111 0111111 1111 01010111 0110001 01001001 10101 10101 10110110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; you, her, of, be, one, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, a, you, this, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Undertwo;
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