This is an analysis of the poem Constantly Risking Absurdity that begins with:
Constantly risking absurdity
and death...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdeXfXcggXddffgeXbhdidahgXiXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100100 11 010101 0101 00100 01011101 111 0011000110 11001100 0101010 1001 00101001 010100 11011 110110 1101010 101 110110 1101010 110101 11 0101001111 000101 0111101 110111 0100 01010101 11 01010001 111111 010101 10000101 0010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 748
- Average number of words per stanza: 136
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, for are repeated.
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