The Strangest Creature On Earth by Nazim Hikmet: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Strangest Creature On Earth that begins with:

You're like a scorpion, my brother,
you live in cowardly darkness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaaadaX cXeaffbXXagXgcede X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,17,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100110 11010010 10100 11010110 11001010 1101110 110110 11100110 1010101010 11 11 0100011010 1101110 101101001 110101 11111000101 111101011 1010101 11010101010 10010001 0101 10110101001 1110111111 0101 1110111010 11001111001 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; like is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, and are repeated.

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