This is an analysis of the poem Letters From A Man In Solitary that begins with:

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I carved your name on my watchband...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXcdeeefbghijikdbjbfjbldddmbXmneofXXdkf pefdifnilf gfcjdplohellelepbq Xkaoidddljbdijdqelqgdekif XhgidbeXabihn X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,10,18,25,13,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111110 01101 11111 111011010 11111011 1011001001 111001 10101 0101101 110101001 111 001100 11010101 011000111 0100 111011 11111010110 1111111 11111 1101111101 1011 1111 11101110 1001 01111011 0111 10101101 10101011 010111 111 001 010 01010 11111001 100100101001100 1100 0110 0101 111 111111010 010101 010111 11 0010 1010 11 11101 1010000100 110010101011001 1101001001101 0111111101 0101101011 0101001101 10101001011 1101110100011 01000101 11001000111 10010101 0101110101010 1 0101 1110101101010 110111001 001010111 111100110101 0110111 11 011010101 00101010 1 0011111101 1110110001 0111101100 001111 011110 1010110101 010111010 1001011010 01 1001111 0111 01101 11 11011010111101 01001101010 10111 010011 1010011010 01010110 00100111001 0100101 0100001 11000100111 00100 1 1101 0111110011011 1111111011011 11101010 11 111 11010011101 1110101 1010110100 11011011 101111 1110 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, no are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase today connects the lines.

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