This is an analysis of Cézanne by Gertrude Stein.

The Irish lady can say, that to-day is every day. Caesar can say that
every day is to-day and they say that every day is as they say.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXXaXccbbddd
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 01010111010100110111 1001001111110010111 0011101011111101 11100111110111001 111100111100110000 101001001001010010 11001011110111 1010111110111111 10111010111010101 111100110011100 1000111001001100 11101111001110111 011011011101111 10010101000101111010 11101111011110 1110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

to, day, say, settled, that, every, stay, in, mouth, if, as, nearly, i, all, and, surprised, honey

Epiphora

did

Anadiplosis

bees