This is an analysis of the poem Danger Estranged that begins with:

Danger,
Estranged! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbddd abefghXc bigeggcb ahaX b fjfX dbkgje X elcgkib XX kldd XdX Xhbfhg XXXhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,1,4,6,1,7,2,4,3,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 01 011010001 01001 01000111010 01101001 101001 0101111 10 01 001101 011101 001001010 1010011010 0010101011 01 0100101 00100100 011101010 0101000101 1110010001 110011111 0101001 110101 1110 11001011001 0101101010 111110101100 1 111000101 1101001101 1010101101 10111101010 11 1010 1101110 01010101011 1 1101 1111 1111111 1 11 11011011 1010000110 1101 111100111101 1 11100010101 1101 1011100101 001 110111011001 1 10111010 110101 10111110 101111 11011010111 110111101 101101101101 111101101111 1 10111 1101101111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word danger at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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