This is an analysis of the poem After Auschwitz that begins with:

Anger,
as black as a hook, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddef Cg gHaeHfhH Ci jjgiHXbXjeah X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,2,12,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 11101 1011 11 110 11111010 1011110 00101 1111001001 11101100101 1010 1101 10010 1101 1101 1 001101 1101 1111001001 110010 100111 00010010 01010 1111 1101 1110011011 111001101 1110011101 111001101 101011 1010101010 111101 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; let, man, never, again are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words each, and, let, i are repeated.

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