This is an analysis of the poem On The Fifth Day Of A Hunger Strike that begins with:

My brothers,
Forgive me if I'm unable to say ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdaXeAfbXXageXXAbXaahadAigdihfaaXfhhebhAfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 0110001001 10011100 111110101 01110101 1010 1010 110 0101001000100 00101 0101110101 110110011 0111101101 1110110101 1010110 1010110 10101 110 1111100101 1111101110 1111111111 11111111 110 111110 111 110 111010010 10111 11 11110 011 110010101 01001101 01001001 100100010 10010010 1110011011 101011011 110010010 0011111 0010010 110 1110110101 0110110 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 246
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, i'm, in, as, hand, my, love, i, you, and, of are repeated.

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

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

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