This is an analysis of the poem Sister Ann that begins with:

I'm lyin' in a narrow bed,
'N' starin' at a wall. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdccded dcdcfbffbbb gdgdadaadhd ggggcicciaj ekeXdhddhjh dgdgcicciXiXkhkhefeefhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 110101 11011101 010001 11010111 010101 10111101 11011101 111001 11010111 110101 0110101 110001 10011101 010101 11011111 111001 11111101 11110111 100101 1101111111 1101 11011101 110101 11110101 111101 11110111 111111 010011101 11011101 111101 110101011 10001 11110101 110111 11111101 010101 11110101 111111 01111101 110011001 000101 11101011 11100 10101101 110101 01010111 010101 11010101 010101 11011101 11011101 111101 1110010001010 1 01011101 111101 01010101 111101 01001111 110011 11010111 01111001 110101 011111011 10101 11100101 101111 01100101 110100 01010011 110101 11110101 11010101 1101001 110101001 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, 'n' are repeated.

    The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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