This is an analysis of the poem Two Songs Of A Fool that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbXcc dedXfF agaghh X iaiaefefjjfffF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011011 11110 111 11110101 110101 11110100 11101101 111101 1111 1011110 0111101 0111101001 110101111 111111 1111 110100101 1101111 11010100 1 111111011010 01011111 11010010 101110 1100101 1111101 11111001 01111001 01001101 11101001 1101111 0101111 1101011 0111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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