This is an analysis of the poem Tachycardia that begins with:
In the chest is caged bat
who seeks escape...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb Cd CcXef Cccb Xeea gaXgX cd bbfcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,5,4,4,5,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001011 1101 101 1101 01010 1101 01010 101 1110 01 1101 10011 110101 001 1101 00011 101 101 11011 101 0010 01 001 1010 110 101 11 101 11 11
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 53
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Tachycardia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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