This is an analysis of the poem Precision that begins with:

The day you flew in perfect arc
from your motorcycle was the same day ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbdeXbfgXcfgX hXeaaiicfedh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110011 0110101011 110010100110 10101001 111011001 110101110 01101001100 10101001100 1110110010 11101011 10111101 001001111 1111010 0011011 110011 010101 1011011110001 10111101 01110011110 101101101 11110111 11101001 11011 1111 010111011 1111010 001001011 010111101 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, your are repeated.

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  • summary of Precision;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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