This is an analysis of the poem Kalamazoo that begins with:

Once, in the city of Kalamazoo,
The gods went walking, two and two, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc abcacdcddabd eedbdbaXfggecbbacgddgbbb fbXXbAaacadAaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,24,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001001 01110111 001010010010 0101011010 101001001001 101001001 1101001001 10101001001 11001101001 01010101 101011101 11010101 10100011 10101101 110011101 011001001 1100110101 10100111001 0010100111 10101111 10010101 1110100111 110100101 111010101 1101001001 11110101 10100101 110101101 101010111 11110101 101101101 11111101 111100111 011101001 0010110101 11101001101 1010010111 1010010111 110010001 1100101001 0010100 1001 11010101 10100100110 01010101 10101010 11010101 1101001001 11011101011 111011001 100100111 011100101 10100101 1101001001 11111001 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kalamazoo is repeated).

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

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