This is an analysis of the poem A Sonnet For Stanley Tookie Williams that begins with:

All month this country has careened toward cold
and winter's celebrations: what a star...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11010101011 1101010101 0101110101 0101111001 0111100101 1010111001 1101110111 1101010101 1001010011 1101010101 1110101011 1101010011 1100011001 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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