This is an analysis of the poem An Improvisation For Angular Momentum that begins with:

Walking is like
imagination, a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdXXecfgaghXXifjejgigb kgdXXjkeXfhejX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 010100 101 01010 0010011 111 101 111 10110 011 1101 111 010011 011 110 0110 1100 1001 0111 111 1110 001010 10011 10111 1001 01100 01011010110 111011101 101101111 111100100000 1010111 0111111 0101011010010 1000101010 110110100 1010 010100010 01110010110 1010 0101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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