This is an analysis of the poem Thersites that begins with:

So, in the Sunday papers _you_, Del Mar,
Damn, all great Englishmen in English speech?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc deed XeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110111 1111100101 1111001011 0111011101 1101010111 1100010001 1101000101 1111010111 0111110101 1101010111 0100010111 1110010001 1110010101 0101011101 1101110101 101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; in, you, because, to are repeated.

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