This is an analysis of the poem We Are Accused Of Terrorism that begins with:

We are accused of terrorism
If we dare to write about the remains of a homeland...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abccdd de fe ghhX efii ff bjj fdf bggd aa jjk ede Xdfd dd AXeeeXbaj AkfiX AXX jjji AfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,2,4,4,2,3,3,4,2,3,3,4,2,9,5,3,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 01101010010011 10100101001 01001101 010111010101 1010101110101 0101111101001101 110101100 01011111000010 01001001110100 0101110110100110 1100101 0101111111110101 010111101001011001001 0101110101000110 1010101101100 010111 01011101011101 010110001010101 01010011 01011 1111111 0101001 1000011011011 011011110100101 0101 110111111001101 11011001011111 100110 10110010000010 1110101010 111100100001010 11010001010 110101 010100001 11010100 1101000101010 011100100100 11110101 11110101 10111 00010001 111110010 11110001010 110101010 0101010 10010100 101001100 1100 1101110 1101 0101111 1101001 110101010 01010011 10100010101 01101010010010 1111010100 110101010 01010010101 111101 010001001001 01011 10101001001011 0000101010101 110101010 0101101 10100010001001 01010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, that, about, homeland, our, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words about, we, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines blindness, one are repeated).

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