This is an analysis of the poem Mutilated Is A Liberation that begins with:

If it isn't beneficial.
And if the feeling isn't felt, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACBBD aaXdbb CBCBCBCEFF CBCBCBCEFF ABACBBDXCBCBCBCFCFECECFECE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,10,10,26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00001010 10010001 0001011010 1110111 011101 111111 100111 0110101010 11000111010 110010101 11011101 1010101 111101101 1010001010 101011100 1010001010 10011010100 1000001010 011010100 1010001010 11101010 100101001 10101111101 1010001010 101011100 1010001010 10011010100 1000001010 011010100 1010001010 11101010 100101001 10101111101 00001010 10010001 0001011010 1110111 011101 111111 100111 1010001010 10011010100 1010001010 011010100 1010001010 101011100 1010001010 10101111101 1010001010 100101001 11101010 1010001010 11101010 1010001010 100101001 11101010 1010001010 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words if, mutilated at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word deceived at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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