This is an analysis of the poem Turmoil In A Morgue that begins with:

Negro,
Chinaman,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdeaXXfghhddfbbbijgXkhhlffffcmmiXechXfmXfifmfahXcbmmcilmXjcifbmchlkeadXbdkXchnbXdfnbihbbgXXhi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 97,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 100 1101 1010 1101001 1010010010 001110 010101 01111001 1110101 0111010101 0100101 1001010010 11010101010 11000010001 00111011 0101 10010101 10110001001 1010101010101 0111001100 1111 11001101 1101110110 110101 0101011010 1100010001 01000100 00101 0101001 101001 0011111 0101010010 10010111 011111001 10001010 1000101 100101010 1011101 11010100010 10000100101 10011 0010010010 0100100101000 01001010100 00101010 1101010 0100111001 1010100101 101101 10011100 1110101110 101001001 11011101 110111111 01010101100 11101010 111001010 1101010 11110111011 010111110 01011010 1101010110 011010110110 010100101 101010 1001101 111010101 1100101 0111011010 1101001 1011110010110 110101010 01001010011 1010111001 11110101 1010101 1010100101 0110010 1001010 00010001 01010101 000101000010 10101010 101010101 100010011 11110101 010111010 01101010010 0011010010 101010 100100010010 01101111001 101000101 0101011100 110111010 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 567
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, her, he are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gin is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Turmoil In A Morgue;
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  • history of its creation;
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