This is an analysis of the poem Visions Of Sin that begins with:

KRASLAJORSK, SIBERIA, March 29.
'My eyes are better, and I shall travel slowly toward home.'... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX AAbb ccddaaaaeeffggh hiijjee AAbb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,4,15,7,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010011 1111011110100110 1000 0010001 1000101 0010101 1010001 1011101 1010101 101011 1010011 1110011 1010101 1010111 1111111 1010101 1111101 1010111 1000101 11101010 11100110 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 0010001 1000101 0010101 1110001 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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