This is an analysis of the poem Lament Of An Icarus that begins with:

Lovers of whores don’t care,
happy, calm and replete:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccccdedefggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 101101 1111001 100101 101010001 11001001 11011 11010001 1101101011 0010101 101011010101 101101 11101010100 101101 010110101 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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