This is an analysis of the poem Intensive Care Unit that begins with:

I whirl with the wind as the earth narrows before me.
I would fly off and rein in the wind, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXbbccXdeXfgXXhfcaedddhegea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110110011 111111001 111101101011111 1001111110111 101010100111 11001011 1101111101 1111110001111 11111010010 10110011110 11100010111 101101101 111011101 1010111101101 010111101 11011111 011111 11101110110001 11110011011010111 1110011 10111011111 0100101010 11110 11110111011 1110101110100 111100111001 1101000111 111010100111 0101101 1111011111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 266
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Intensive Care Unit;
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