This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of David Archer (Liv) that begins with:

The words are always as
strange and dead as those...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbdcbefgXfbg aghgcdag gaXiaagi XadXadca ddjiggji cdegidbg ddXdXdgd bhabhiXb cbdXfgaX gXagfgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 11111 101101 0111101 110011 101101 111101 1101101 111101 1001001 111101 101111 110111 010111 11011 111001 110010 1111001 1101101 101101 111101 101101 00101 1111111 100101 010101 1011101 1001101 10111 1011010 011001 111001 11110 111100 1100111 101100 00101101 111001 1111101 00100011 011101 1101101 1001010 111001 11001011 01101011 01001010 01001101 0101101 011101 011011 010111 111111 0010101 11010110 1100111 110101 111111 011110 11011 111100 1101110 010101 100101 1101011 110111 100100 001001 110111 10100100 010111 100111 11011001 101111 011001 011010 0101011 101001 101111 11001000 111101 1001101 111010 110101 111111 011100 011100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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