This is an analysis of the poem Lost In Subdivisions that begins with:

Lost in subdivisions!
Lost in a struggle, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcddacbcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 10010 01000 10101001 110100 10111 11101 1010 01001110 11100100 010110101100 111001 00100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; lost, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lost In Subdivisions;
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  • history of its creation;
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