This is an analysis of the poem Embrace Noir that begins with:

I go back to the scene where the two men embrace
& grapple a handgun at stomach level between them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX ba XX cX dX ce eb fe fb bg Xd Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001101101 1001111010010 1101001011 101011011 11101010010 10101001101010 0110011001010101 110100111 111011111101 10010101100 01001110101 1001011001011 110000111101 111110111101 01101101010 10010011011 011011111 111010010110 111111010 0110111010010 1001010001110 000100011011 1101011010110 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Embrace Noir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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