This is an analysis of the poem Silence For Gaza that begins with:

With dynamite she raps her waist…
She explodes… ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCdeefbgchbijbkcjhbggilJmGGnnnompq BbglJmGGn BbabcafcnbfkcbpnnacpfXbgbibpgbmbfmmpbgnbeaarbrbmkffcbfgnaXfnsrdbdaqkffbbibnfljnfgkgbenffebbfXbbanqesabaafchgpnaaibggggggggffgifbsapboCDhoD X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,9,138,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 101 001011101 0101001010001 1101101101110 10101100 0010101110010010 1010010000 1100100001010010 11001011010 011010 1101010000100 100100001 110001 110001 10110010 0100111 101010011010 010101010 1101010101000 0100101011010 100100010 100100101100101 0101011 110100 011101000100 0101011010 110000101 1001010 10 110 10111010 000101010010100 000101010101 01001111000100 10110101010 11 1110110 0101011 110100 011101000100 0101011010 110000101 100101010110 10110101010 101000110110 101001011110010 1110101010000010 101010101 110 0101010 1000101 010101010 1111 0111 10 1 11 10011010101 101010 1000111010 10010 101 0010110001 111 0100 101001101 110001010 101010111100 101 1010110001000 0111011010101011 10100110110010100100 11001010010 1001010100110000100010100 01000100001001 101100011010 01000101010100 010001100010100 0100111 0110110100 100110111011 1001010 10100100 0001100 10 10 111001 0101101111010 011001101 100110001010 10111100101000100 01101101001101 0100101000100 0101001111 101001101 10100 11 01011101 0101100 110110101 00101010 1101 1111101000 111011111 010011 1100 10100010101 01011010 1101010010 010100110 01010 11010101 10101011 1011001 110 10101 1101000100 1010000101 10010 10 11011011 11101110 01110101 0110010011 11110 1110111101 1101010 110101011101001010 00100100 01011101 0100001 11001 0010100100 010111 110010010 010010010111 110100100100 101010001010 01010100011 11000100 1111101 01110101 11001000 1101001 1101011010 1100110101 111111 1000 1011000101 1100110 00101011 1010011101101 10100 1010101 00100100001010101000100 111010101101 1010101101000 00100010 100010 10010 01001000010 100010 10010 10010 10100010 0100100100100 10111100100 111011011010111 01111 111100101 11010 10001 1111 11011011 110010 01011010 001011101 001010010010001 10 101011010 001010010010001 010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1549
  • Average number of words per stanza: 271
  • Amount of lines: 183
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, it, time, to, differ, from, not, because, her, we, enemy, gaza, with, rejection, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, or, and, because, gaza, nothing, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines differ, enemy, us, rejection, victorious are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases differ, but connect the lines.

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