This is an analysis of the poem Flash Crimson that begins with:

I SHALL cry God to give me a broken foot.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X a X a X X X XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110101 1111011011 11101101 1101011100010111000111111 110111000110 111111011110011001101010000110101011101 010110011001010100111010111111 10110101011011100101110111001011101110111010010 11101101010110101 111101001011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 921
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Flash Crimson;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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