This is an analysis of the poem 40,000 that begins with:

at the track today,
Father's Day, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdbeXcfghXcafcfghefbijkXbijegakclXfmjfjnnclhcikflbbodccfghlbllbcmggfbebfkcXlnoialkgbihhollg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 94,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 101 110101 0100010 11010 1001 10011 01111 1001 1000010 1 11110 1 101 01101 1010110 01 11110 0 1110 01011 11010 1 10111 100 0 00100 0011 11100 01 001100 1 1111 11000 11 1111 1010 100 101010 10101 101010 110 10 101010 11101 1 1001 10101 10 010 11110 1101 10 1111 11 1010 1 10101 10 101 11 1 01010 101 011 1 011 011010 1 011 01010 10 101 101110 11010 10 0001 11 10101 100 100 00101 1001 1 111 111 111 1 10010 100 1 101011 11 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 254
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of 40,000;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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