This is an analysis of the poem I Flee The City, Temples, And Each Place that begins with:

I flee the city, temples, and each place
where you took pleasure in your own lament,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcbebeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010111 1111001101 11110010100 0111111101 11010011111 11111010101 1111011101 1001010011 1001010101 1001110101 11010000111 0111010111 1011110111 1101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 553
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, and are repeated.

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