This is an analysis of the poem Wrecked Illusions that begins with:
Dedicated to Louis Becke
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXaaaX Xbcccb dedXaX bebbbe fgfffg hchhhc hihhhi acaaac bjbbbj klkkkl mnmmmn hkhhhX mbmmmb mcXmmc kkkkkk fkfffk mgmmmg fefffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10000101 1110101 101 1011101 1010101 1010101 101 1010110 111 1110011 1010111 1110111 111 1100111 001 11101001 0111111 11101011 1010 1110101 101 1011001 0010111 1010011 101 1111101 001 0011101 1100111 1110111 011 1010101 101 1110111 0110111 1010101 111 1010111 111 0110111 0010101 1011101 101 1110101 101 0110101 1011001 1011101 001 1110101 111 1010111 1110111 1010011 111 11110101 111 1010101 1110101 1010101 111 1111101 101 1010101 1011111 1110101 101 11000011 101 1000111 0010101 1011111 100 1011101 011 1011101 1110111 0110101 111 1110111 111 1111110 1110011 1110011 101 1010101 111 1110101 1110001 1110101 111 0010001 011 1010101 0010111 1110111 101 1110101 101 1110101 1011001 1010111 101 1110101 101 1111111 1111111 1111101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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