This is an analysis of the poem On Flesh Branded that begins with:
Prestigious,
Are those ties to bind kept....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cdbXX aeaface edebXdb XfeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,7,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 111011 110001 001000 0010010 1001110 110100101 101010 1001010000 11111 1010101 010001010 10010100 111101 100010010 11010 1111111 1111100 111001010 11111 00100010 010011 1100010 111010111 100010 010011 111 100110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
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