This is an analysis of the poem This Experiment Experienced As Life that begins with:

Split divisions within divisions split.
Tattooed decisions made, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbbbdc ecfggfXhcccb egiih jbiijea XkkhXX dXcXaXhka
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,5,7,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010010101 010101 01111 0101 111001101 10 101101 01001 10111 010010111011 0011000111 11010110011 0010110101100 0101001111100 01 001001010 11010110101 1 01010 11010 01111100 111011101 1101100 010100001 110110011 1000100010010 111101111 101010011101 101 11101 11110111 00100100010011 10101001110 1111001 00100100010 110010110 0101 011111100 001000 11 10010011010 010010011010 10111111 0111010011 11 0100110 10010111110 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what 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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  • summary of This Experiment Experienced As Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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