This is an analysis of the poem Report From The Black Box that begins with:

For Flaco
A cooler...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabcbddXceedfeXgXbhbefiaXacXhdabiggbi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110 010 10100111010 101011 11011111 010111110 101000110101 101001110101 1111111010 00010101101 100000100010101 010011011101 010101101 10110100101 1011101111111 11111101010 01101010001 1001110001011 011100011001 110001101 01101001110 101110110011 001000111011 11101010010 0100101010010 110110010 1001111010 0010010101 01010010001001 1011111100010 01101111111 111100110 10110101011 100101010010 01101001 101001010001011 101111011 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 752
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, us, for, of, dark are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).

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  • summary of Report From The Black Box;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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