This is an analysis of the poem Gentleman Alone that begins with:

The young maricones and the horny muchachas,
The big fat widows delirious from insomnia,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXcbbbdbebbbcaXbbedXfXgXbaaagdgfXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110001010100 01110010000100 01110110 101101111011 10100100010010 01110101 100011 01000010 101110111 1001011010 01010100 1111101110 1001001011101011 1000100101110 01001000110 110111011 010011001 1001100101010111 101001010 111000100010 1010110110010 110100110011 00101101111101 0100101010010 10101111101 101010110101111010 101001110100 101101101110000 110111010 11010101000110 1010100100100101 1010011110 101011001001111010 1111111 10100 01011010101 0010101111 111110111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 857
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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