This is an analysis of the poem An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love that begins with:

Busy, with an idea for a code, I write
signals hurrying from left to right, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccccca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100101010111 101000101 11011011 11110100111 1101010101 111011001 101001100011 1101111 011111001 0110101101 01010100001 11101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 467
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of An Obsessive Combination Of Onotological Inscape, Trickery And Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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