This is an analysis of the poem Letter To My Wife that begins with:

11-11-1933
Bursa Prison...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdXeffXghibjg klikiimhjmgXcdeffXdnhaefeahljbgainj X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,35,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1010 11110 11101 101010 110100 11 10111 0111 110 1111 1100010111001 01111110011 00100100 11 1101 1 01010001 11 101101 1 111 01110101 1001 101 0111 110111 010 11 001101110 1 011111 111 011 01010110101 11 010 10 11011011 10111 11011 01011010 11111011 1010 10110 0111010 11110101 1100010101 1101 01001 111101 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 486
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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