This is an analysis of the poem Downfall that begins with:
Downfall
(To Karl Borromaeus Heinrich)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a bXX ccX Xcd X X a XXb XXX dXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,3,3,1,1,1,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 0110010 10011 0101101 111110110111 0110011 0111 10111010101 010101110010 100101 1110111101011 010110101010 110 1110010 11110 111011000 110111001011001 1101 111100111 10101011101001 101011111 101000 1110101110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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