This is an analysis of the poem Hotel Lautréamont that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbCX bDXe DfeG fHGI XHIII IjIK jLKA LKAF XKKFI KfIM fcMA cGAD XGGDg Giga iDaiXDAiC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01111100011100100 1010111011011111 01011111011010 1100101101110010011101010 1010111011011111 0101011100110 1100101101110010011101010 11011010001000100001010 0101011100110 0111101000100101001 10001000100001010 10101011101101 0111101000100101001 010101011101 10101011101101 1111101110010010 1 010101011101 01010101010 1111101110010010 1001010101101110010 01010101010 1111010010110100100 1001010101101110010 010110010101 1111010010110100100 010111001011110110 010110010101 111110101010 010111001011110110 11001011000111001 111110101010 011011101011 1 11001011000111001 1011010100010011 011011101011 11010100110010 1011010100010011 11110011111001 11010100110010 100101110101 11110011111001 110111111010101 100101110101 0011101010110100 110111111010101 0111101111010001010 0011101010110100 10110011010100 1 0111101111010001010 11001110110100010 10110011010100 01011110010101 11001110110100010 100101111111010 01011110010101 1111010000100 100101111111010 11110001101001 1111010000100 1011110100100 11110001101001 01111100011100100 1011110100100 01011111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, in, of, to, what, all, it, us, must, we, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it are 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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