This is an analysis of the poem Hill Of The Foreskins that begins with:

what was the moment of coition like?
come Zariba let down your gates... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cdef gfhB aab ghfhBb fcgiga fibgXdfffef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 11001111 1101110001 11 10110001 1101010101 11010101 110001 11000101 1100010101 110001 01011 10101 10010101 11110 10101 11010 10101 110001 11 0101 1111010 011 10110 00101 1011 11110 1010101 110101 100101 100101 110101 111101 1001 1111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; in, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hill Of The Foreskins;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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