This is an analysis of the poem Flophouse that begins with:

you haven't lived
until you've been in a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXcdefgehXiaajkXXXjXaehkhbghaeaXljglmnaXhhhkacamneXneojjophnnfmjmpmbeacehbdkpXgcjceainhaiXkaml
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 97,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 011000 10 01011 11 111 1010 11 01010 10 11 1101 10 1 11 11 10100 1 10 1100 10 01 01 11 111 101 11 1 10 10100 10 1 011 11 10 101 11001 101010 1 111 10100 010 10 1 11 10 001 11 1 1 1 1 10 10 1 10 110 1 010 100 1 01 0 100 100 01 100 11 1 11 10 1 11 1 11 110 010 10 11 1 0100 10 11 01 10 1 1110 0 0 111 10 0 1 01 11 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 932
  • Average number of words per stanza: 163
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 9 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Flophouse;
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