This is an analysis of the poem The Destitutes that begins with:
Encircled by the water-waves of suffering -
the shoal of quicksand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaaXaacaadedfffeeeffffgggfgfhihijjjijicbXbkkkbcb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010100 01011 10111011 01101 1000101101 101011101 010101001 01010111 011010101 1001111 1101110 10100 111001001 1010100 110110 111011111 11010101 1010101 1101101 11101001 1001011 110111 1101110 11011011 11101010010 1011011 111101 1101101 011010010 1111100101 101101101 101111010 1100010001 11110101 110101 1011100101 0110011 0110010111 010110111101 11101011 1101111 01101 0011 111101011001 10101101 1010110011101 010111101 1110010101 110100101 0011011001 0100100001001010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1310
- Average number of words per stanza: 160
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, you are repeated.
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- summary of The Destitutes;
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