This is an analysis of the poem For Howard Moss that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcde edfgbeh icgXXXbbb ajfkdeXjal Xmfijn eX coag Xpei fakje lh pgcgekged qofmbcbj c X X X X X X oX X X X X clXefj q aqrq rrq qq d aecX kcpooh q q c aX pjceec qX qassnXe og bed iggDjXDf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,9,10,6,2,4,4,5,2,9,8,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,6,1,4,3,2,1,4,6,1,1,1,2,6,2,7,2,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 0101 011111 111 111100 011111 1111 1001011 10111 1100111 101 1101 110100 1111101 01001110101 101010 110 101 0101 1011 010011 0101 1101 010011 1001001110 001000101 110101 0101 1011110 111 1110 111001 1111100111 0101 0101 0101 1111011 0110 1111111 11110 11 110101 011101 11011 1111 1111 11110 00101 01010101001 1101 11101 101010101 111111 0101 110101 111 10101 110101010 11111101 011 0111 10101 0101 010101 1110 110101 1101110 110101 11111 10101 110111 0111 101101001 11111001011001 1101001010101 1001010101101011 11100110100010111 1000101010011110001 1010111010011100011 1111010111111 010 10001001110001111011101 10111110111 100101 100101 11 11101 11 11101 1010 01101 1101100 010010 10010 11110 010 111110010110 11110 100101100 100101010110 10100 10010101010 111111 111 1101011010011 01100001100 1111 010101 1101 0100011 10101110 011 01010010100 0101001100 10011000101 10111101 110110101 0111 010101 110111 1101 0101010101 101011111 101010001010 11011 1110 10101 1111 10001 10110 111 10001 01010 111001 1111 11011 111011101 1111 11 1111 1111 110101 1111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 52
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 153
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, broken, ', i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, a are repeated.
The author used the same words a, what, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', sorrow, poetry are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words ', poetry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wisdom connects the lines.
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