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

Why can pansies be their aid or paths.
He said paths she had said paths…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXdebffeXbghiiihbhdXdXfcgefa
  • Stanza lengths: 32,
  • Metre: 111001111 1111111 11011101001 01010011101 1111011001 1101111011011100 0101011111 000100001011001101 111001111011111 01010101110 10010111111001 1110011001110 1010101010011 11000111001001011101 0111011010101 111110 1111110101 101011101 110011101 00110101110 11111101 01111110 1111111111 01111111111 110101 11101111110 101111 101111111 1001110011 1101110 100111 110110110100110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

paths, only, they, not, it, to, there, land, wish, if, we

Epiphora

paths, time, there