This is an analysis of the poem Buddha In The Workroom that begins with:

Sometimes the skirts I push through my machine
Spread circlewise, strong petalled lobe on lobe, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111101 11001100111 1110110001 1101 1111100101 00010001001 1001110100 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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