This is an analysis of the poem Unit, Like Death, For Whom? that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabXXbXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101111 1101 11110 1010 01010 1001 110100 10100 1100100 010000 010001000 0110000 1100000010 11011000100 11000010000010 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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