This is an analysis of the poem Mute Marriages that begins with:
Mute marriages:
the ten-ton block of ice...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcde dfaga abXbaea fXadcXbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 011101 0100101 01100010 011 00010 0110101 11010 10101 010110 101010 1010101 1001 0100001 100101 0100001 0011 101 10011 00100 01010 0011 011 01101 010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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