This is an analysis of the poem In Prison that begins with:
In prison
without being accused...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bc XX Xc bX aX XX XX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 011001 111100 11010011 10 110 10 10010 11010 11 11 110 110 111 111101 010 1 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 30
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, no are repeated.
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