This is an analysis of the poem The Sin Of Hamlet that begins with:

The horns in the harbor booming, vaguely,
Fog, forgotten, yesterday, conclusion,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbXa XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101010 1010101010 0101011010 0100111111 10110101010 011001010 1010011010 1101010101 1010111010 100101010 1001001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Sin Of Hamlet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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