This is an analysis of the poem In The Virgins that begins with:

You can't put in the ground swell of the organ
from the Christiansted, St.Croix, Anglican Church...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbdcefddX Xegghehijjh jeXXfkfigik gagaelgjgl fdXdfidiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,11,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100110010 0010111001 01010001101 1001111101 1100111101 0011010011 10001010101 1001000101 0101010001 10010100111 0101010101 1101011010 11010101010 0101000101 010101010101 11001011001 010011111 1111010101 0111000101 0101010001 1101110111 1001001001 1101000111 1111001101 01100011111 1010011101 1000110101 10111101001 10101101101 0110010101 11011011010 0111010101 1101101010 10110110001 0011010101 1101111011 0111011101 1101010101 1101010001 0100011111 0110110011 0101010101 0101010101 0111010101 0111110101 1011011101 1001011100 01001001101 01010011001 1011010101 0101010101 1101010101 1011010001 1111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In The Virgins;
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