This is an analysis of the poem Fragments From Notes On The Book Of Defeat that begins with:

If an audience could be arranged
and also my safe return...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcbcdcXXXedccXcdcdcfaXcbfef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001001 1101101 00111010 00111 110110011 1111 00011101 101011 11010100111 111111 1010011 101011111 11111 1101111 1101011 01110111 1110001 11111 111111 1110111 101011 01010111 111011 10001 0101010 001011 111110 0101111 10110100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 877
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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