This is an analysis of the poem Mama that begins with:
here I am
in the ground...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXXaXXbcaXdbee edXab dXfc dfggaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,5,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 001 11 10 1 11101 10 1 01111111 1111101 0101 111010 1 1101 01011 11 10101111 0110 1101 0100101 11110 101 11 11 1 10 1 111010001 1110010110 1010 10 101 100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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