This is an analysis of the poem The Ivy Crown that begins with:

The whole process is a lie,
unless,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcdeXdfghe ijcjdbkiaibeedabdabflej djXjicjddXdaXmkindahhX jiikikXXfbbjjlembdjchkhgknjjbgjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,23,22,32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001 01 1111 01100 111010 00010 110101 10011010 01 111 01111 11111 11 1011 0100 1010 011 11100100 11 1010 1101 11 0111 1011 111010 11010 10111 11 11111 101111 101 101100 101 111 1 010 0111100 010010 1001 111 101 01010 01010 1101 11001 10001 001 010101 1101001 0011 11010 10 1 011 11 1101 1110 1 10110 10 1100 01 11110110 11010 1011 111001010 010101 11 0110 1011 1 1010 110 110001 1110101 110 11110 101 11001 11 1101 11101 01 01001 11 11101 1001 1100 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; them is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mortal, them are repeated).

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  • summary of The Ivy Crown;
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