This is an analysis of the poem Wasteland Of Solitude that begins with:

In the wasteland of solitude, my love, quiver
shadows of your voice, illusions of your lips....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXa XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001101011110 11011010011 00110101001010 11001100110 011111001011 10010101010111 11010010111001 101010101 0110101111 110011011111 10110101010001 01010110101011 010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, your, by, has are repeated.

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