This is an analysis of the poem Phases that begins with:
I.
There’s a little square in Paris, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaba Xcac Xded Xfgfdcf Xgbc chc ii aa gece Xjjdjd XgXg Xhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,7,4,3,2,2,4,6,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 100101010 100111 11101 1101 100111010 110101 01101 1101 100100010 011101 10111 1101 1 010101010 1011 1100010 10111001 110 111110 1 1010001 0111 011101 10000101 10 11101 111 1010101 1010001 1000101 10101 11 0101 1101 1 1010001 1000101 1010101 01011 111 1110 111 11 011010101 1110 101 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 they is repeated.
The author used the same words there, what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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