This is an analysis of the poem Sky Burial that begins with:

Q. You're Such a Disciplined Writer. Were You Always That way?
A. When I was in graduate school, I worked part-time at a local...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabcddXbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010011111 01110100111111010 1101101110010010 1010111001010 1101010011011001 11011100010 110010111010101010 10101001101101 10100111001 101011101011010001 10101010101010111 1100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 713
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Sky Burial;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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