This is an analysis of the poem Kitchenette Building that begins with:

We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan,
Grayed in, and gray. "Dream" mate, a giddy sound, not strong ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bbXb aaa cXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011010010101 100111001010111 110010001001000010 1101111101 011100101010 110110100001 10111100111 10010100100 1101010101 01010101001 11011111001 11010100111 110111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; it is repeated.

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  • summary of Kitchenette Building;
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