This is an analysis of the poem To Fall Ill As One Should, Deliriously that begins with:

To fall ill as one should, deliriously
Hot, meet everyone again,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bcdb deXd dXcX dXfd fXef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111000 1110101 011101001110 1001101 10010110101 10110011 10101101 11111 1111101111 101 111011011 100111 01010111 11000101 00010111 1100101100 10100111 010110010 110101110 10111011 111111101 111101 1001010111 0010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; has, and are repeated.

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