This is an analysis of Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza Ii by Gertrude Stein.

I think very well of Susan but I do not know her name
I think very well of Ellen but which is not the same…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbaaaccXddeeXd
  • Stanza lengths: 17,
  • Metre: 111010101111101 11101010110101 11101011111011 111010101011111 111010101111111 1110101101010 1110101010101 1110101 00010011011 101110010010011011 011101111 111110011 111 110111100 10101111011110100 1110000 111001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

i, very, well, of, think, but, not, they, it, learn, and

Anaphora

i

Epiphora

so, him, learn, difference