This is an analysis of the poem Study Of Loneliness that begins with:

A guardian of long-distance conduits in the desert?
A one-man crew of a fortress in the sand? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXaXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010001101000010 01110010001 0101111111010 0100100101010 101001001000101 1110100101 11011011101101 11111101101 10001110110 100001001011110101 0111111101011 11111111011100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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