This is an analysis of the poem Indicted that begins with:
Dear Bruner, once we had a little talk
(That is to say, 'twas I did all the talking)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeee dfdfdd gggghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110101 10011101010 0101001101 11000111010 1101110101 1001001101 1101110001 1101101110 1101111101 01010001010 0101010101 1101010101 1001100111 01010101010 1100110101 01011011110 0100010101 0101110111 1111010101 11011101011 0111101011 11111101011 0101001100 0111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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