This is an analysis of the poem Happy Dust that begins with:

For Margot
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  • Rhyme scheme: X abacdedafgfhihiXddgXgidjdidbdklkedXdmhbhedlXdjkjXkhkbifXaXafdcddmdmikiddXggfdgdeibimefeefmfjekemnindgignbbhiiiXdlddddbomoXXdpkp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,127,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 11100101101111 00100110100010 01001 0100110110100 1011 1001110011111 001 010100110100 10001 01101110101101 1001 101001011011 101011 11011011110010 01 1111100101101100 1 0100101001011001 0100101101101011 00100100100100100 1 10111101001001 011 1111111010101 1001 011001001111111 001 111001111101110 01 111101111111001 11100101110 1011000 11111011101 101101 10001011111111 11 110011011010 11011 110110010110 1001 1101100111100 1001 01001001111010 0100 0110100111 1001 00101111101 110 111110011111110 111 1111111111010 01001 111100100111 100101 110010110100100 1 101101111001001 1110110011101000 1 1010011010101 101 010010010010010 11 111110111001001 110010111100110 1 0011010010000100 1001 01001001000100100 1 110100101001001 11010110011100001 10011011011010 1 111010111111001 010010010100101 01 10001101100001 001 11101001010010 11 0010010010010 001011 1111100100100110 1 1111111101111 11001 101001101010110 01 111111111100 1001 1111111101100101 1 101011001001111 001 0100100110100110 1 110010011010110 01 111010001101001 101 0110110101011 111 101111010111101 111 011001101111001 11111110111100100 1 111110111110010 01 11100100101101 1001 011111110010 11001 1010010011010011 01 010100101101001 010101110100100 1 1110011010100 10011 1110010110100100 1 1010010011010111 01 11101111111001 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 448
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, nor, to, i, and, of, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Happy Dust;
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