This is an analysis of the poem After Release From Prison that begins with:

Awake.
Where are you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcaXdbXXdeecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 111 11 11010 01110 0100111 00111001000 0101100010 110111 1100111 001010110 100101010 1100 1 11110110 010010001 100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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