This is an analysis of the poem Crucifix In A Deathhand that begins with:

yes, they begin out in a willow, I think
the starch mountains begin out in the willow ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXacdefcXcghiXcjffacbehhbXXhffifcjcfhijccfXfcfgbddhdXdbacgXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001111 01100110011 11111001011 1011000 1111011 11100011001 01010 110010100 01010011010 011011010 1101010010 011011011 10101110 010101101 100100111 110010001111 10110000111 11101100101 11011111101 10001010 11110111010 10101111101 1100110001011 1101100100100 1101010110010 011111111110 10001 100 00111011 101000110 011101010010 1010010100 1111 1 11110 1011101 10011101011 101011001011 1011001 001010101 1110110 101011 01111010100101 011110010011 001000101100110 101010111 111000010101 100111111011 0110110 10011100011 00110111111 111010110101 10011101 11011001 11111101 11110101 101111 1011101 0111011 11011110 110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 415
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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