This is an analysis of the poem The Minneapolis Poem that begins with:
to John Logan
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XbXcdbeccffbgeX XadhhfXfcb XifaXjfXffi Xkfljfafalg XfXbkeecdaX XckmaXlmhl XXmaafc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,15,10,11,11,11,10,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110 1 11011011110 101101100010 010101 1110110 01010010 001011010111 110011 1 11010110010 1111 11001011110110 11001 11111001 1011 1 010111 1101010 101 11101001010001 111111010 10110110101 110011 01011011 1010100 1 11010011 10011 11100110 001000 011 0011001011 0011 010011 010100011110010 010101 1 01010111001 111 01010101010 1101 010010111110 1001010001010 011 11011010010 010111101 0011 1 11001011 1001011100 01001001010 0111101 0111011 001 01000101111011 1011100 11100101101101 01111 1 11111 001111011001 010100 0111101100 0100100110 1 111110010100 11 11111011 1 1100101 11111010001 111010101010010 1011011111 100100011001001 00011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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