This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxxiii: Maybe You'Ll Remember that begins with:

Maybe you'll remember that razor-faced man
who slipped out from the dark like a blade ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX bXac ddX cXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10101011011 111001101 10111011111 1101101010 01010011 11010001 10100110010 1001011 11101110110 11100101101 11010100100101 1110111 1111011011 100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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

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