This is an analysis of the poem Metro Hit List that begins with:
All my life I have sought affection.
And not getting that, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdd ebeb afgcf Xagebga bbcbbhhcb Xag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,7,9,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 11101 1011 101101000100 101011 010101 110011010 110001111111 010000010 1101010111101 10001 1110101 110111 1101 0111011101 111 111010 011111101 111101 11110111 000111 111001011010 11111101 11011 10111101 0110000100 100101 11101 1010011 00010010 11011 0010001 10011 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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