This is an analysis of Red Faces by Gertrude Stein.

Red flags the reason for pretty flags.
And ribbons.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbXaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 110101101 110 1001 1100100 101100100 110 1111010 010101 01011 11101 01010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

flags

Anaphora

the

Epiphora

material

Anadiplosis

ribbons