This is an analysis of the poem His Phoenix that begins with:
THERE is a queen in China, or maybe it's in Spain,
And birthdays and holidays such praises can be heard... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbCcdcdbcbCaXaXeceCfbfbacaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010110001 1111101110101 00010100010011 1110110110101 11010100010101 1111010010111 111111000100001 11010011110111 011100101110101 11110111111111 01110111100101 11010001110101 110110011101101 01010100101001 1111110011101 11010011110111 11001100110011 0101010110100 1101010010111 01011111111111 01111101010111 11111111111101 01010011110001 11010011110111 1001111001110100 11111111111111 1011010111101 110011000100001 111111111000101 1101010110101 11111101111001 11010011110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1855
- Average number of words per stanza: 358
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, had, have, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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