This is an analysis of the poem Tigris The Welfare Donor that begins with:

I greet your bank 'Tigris' from distant
Please welcome me...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcBccddddeeffggeeccddcccchehaaaiijjXXbXdddccjjjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110010 1101 10011101001010 1101 1111011010110 1011011110111110 100110111111100 1001111101010100 11100011101100 110111101101100 10101001010101 10100100100011 111110111 101101110101 1001110110111100 11010000100100100 1101110110001 01111010101 10011101011001010 101011101110 11111010010011110 1011001110101000 1001110111110 1101011000110110 11011011111010 111101011101010 10110100100101010 111101011101010 1100010010111 10100101101 111000100101010010 101001010111010101100 110100011011 111010100101001 11101011010 1110101100101010 0100011011000 0101001000101001000 1101001010100100111 1111101000111 100100111100011101000 010110110011100 10100010111111001000 0010010101111110 10010110001010011010 10011101100100101 01101011101 101100100001010 10010101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2780
  • Average number of words per stanza: 486
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, your, you, one, he, of, who, deed are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.

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