This is an analysis of the poem Poem To Luminous Brother that begins with:

To birds and to poets the Lord all their sustenance gives:
I dont reap or sow, but for a second year I exist....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbccddXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01101001111001 11111110101101 1111100101101 00111011101011 110111101111 10101111101 110011110010010 110011011011010 01101101101001 1101011111100 11011100101001 11001011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me are repeated.

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