This is an analysis of the poem Poetry as Insurgent Art [I am signaling you through the flames] that begins with:
I am signaling you through the flames.
The North Pole is not where it used to be....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X b X X XX b XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,2,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001101 0110110100 1011000110101 10010101 100010101 111010111 10010100 01001111100010 011001001110001000100010101100010101010 111011111111110010011011001110101100011000111010010101001110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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