This is an analysis of the poem Poems In Depression, At Wei Village that begins with:

I hug my pillow and do not speak a word;
In my empty room no sound stirs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110111101 01101111 1111101 11111111001 1 101101101 00110010101 111011101001 11111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, to are repeated.

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