This is an analysis of the poem In Hospital that begins with:
They stood, almost blocking the pavement,
As though at a window display;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb daca eaXa cfcf ghhh cbeb ciji Xcjc kdkd aada cgcg XaXa eebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111110010 11101001 010110010 01001001 110110110 01001001 110010010 10001001 011111010 01001001 01001011 11011101 011010011 11001101 110110010 11001011 111011010 11001101 110110010 01001001 010110010 10001001 011010011 01101011 110010010 01001001 110010010 11001101 110110010 01101101 110110010 11101001 111010110 11001001 010110110 01101011 111110101 11110111 011011010 01101011 111010010 11011001 110010010 01101011 111010110 01111001 111111111 11011001 110010010 11111101 011111111 111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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