This is an analysis of the poem Facts Have Been Subtracted that begins with:
Regardless of those statements you've made,
To anyone who has given you time to listen....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cbb bc XaX dd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010011011 0100111011010 11011010110011 11001 101101011 11101 01111010101010 1111101001110010 110010 0110101001 1001110010011 1101100011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, from, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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