This is an analysis of the poem Crazy Jane Grown Old Looks At The Dancers that begins with:

I found that ivory image there
Dancing with her chosen youth,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacacB dbdedeB fbfXfeB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101 1000101 11110111 11010011 110010011 11011011 1010101 11111111 11111111 1010111 11111001 1110101 1111111 1010101 0111011 1011111 1000111 110101110 11110101 1011111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; her, die are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word tooth at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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