This is an analysis of A Frightful Release by Gertrude Stein.

A BAG which was left and not only taken but turned away was not found. The place was shown to be very like the last time. A piece was not exchanged, not a bit of it, a piece was left over. The rest was mismanaged.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths: 1,
  • Metre: 01111111010110111101110010101101110110100011110011010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 1