This is an analysis of the poem Word Reaches Us that begins with:
Word reaches us
that you are sleeping, sleeping....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b c X d X e X f g g h X b i f e a d c e X d b a e h h a b i X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1111010 01 111001 10100110 101 0101111 010101000 101000010001 100 11110110 11101001 0010 00110110 11 1111111 1101 1010111 110010111101 110101 101110101 1111111011 1 1001010 1111 1011101 01001111 101 1110101 11100 110101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 25
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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