This is an analysis of the poem Verses For Alfeo Faggi's Stations Of The Cross that begins with:

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HERE Pilate's Court is:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcefeXFf XgfefhiaicX XfcjcdjjAk XjbidbXjii afcacilgXdd abXbmehbhgg XaigiffAk XbeeemafaFf XhhffffFf jlfcfjgjXcc agglliXff XeaXajgbghh XakbjiiiiAa XFcgclfiFnn Xmiimaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,10,10,11,11,9,11,9,11,9,11,11,11,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110010 111011 101101 001111 11111 11101 110011 1101 11 100100101 1 10100110001 0101 1111111111 0101 0111110101 0111 0100100101 0111 0100 1111011110 1 0101 011 011 011 11011 1101101 110101 11 0100010100 1 100101 111111 010001 010111 010111 10110010 101101 111001 011111010 1 11110101 100101 11010100 011111 11110101 011101 11011100 011111 11 11101011111 1 10010111 0101010 01000111 11010110 11010101 11011101 11110101 11000101 1111 1011100100 1 0100101 110111 100101 110101 110101 100101 11 0110111100 1 10010 110101 11000100 1111 1111010 111101 011010 01011 11 1001100101 1 011101 0111011 011111 110101 101101 011001 11 1101010011 1 111101 010001 11010101 110011 010101 111101 110101 010101 0101110111 1111 1 111101 11011101 111101 1010101 11001001 1111010 11 111011101 1 011101 110001 111101 011101 011101 010110 010100 101 1111 01000111101 1 11000001 0101010 0100111 11110001 10101010 101101010 01111101 10111 11 0100010101 1 100101 1110111 100111 110111 110101 011101 111000010 100101 010111 101101 10 11111010 1011111 1111101 11101010 1011101 1010111 1010001 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 155
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, and, for are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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