This is an analysis of the poem The Straitening that begins with:
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- Rhyme scheme: Abc dXce fgehidgE gE jjkld embcni gh ljjkjbn o jfjpggen de iidb qqdeb elb jifeljb JeXrjj dlddabbdhhsl hb hdjiddef sshXpkddci cJ lpapi iddbpXn nb jdajejdeXeeb pb gjgbbmgo haa aeX eagdkd eX glj lmjAbrocXhf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,3,4,8,2,5,6,2,7,1,8,2,4,5,3,7,6,12,2,8,10,2,5,7,2,12,2,8,3,3,6,2,3,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10000 01 00101001 110010011 00110100 1111011 1111011 1110 111011 111011 1100101 1 11010101 11111 11001101 11 11001101 0111101 0101 11011110 10101 01110 0111 10 11 01 1 1100 1111 1001 0011 1101111 101 100111110 0100 1111 1101 0011 0 00010 11111 01 11001 0011101 01010011 1001 100 11 11 1011 1101 10011001 1 11 1 1111 001011 1 001 011 1 10001001 10100010 1 1011 100011 010 11 0101 011 1101100 1 1 111011 11 1010100 10101 0 1 100101 010010100100 11 011 10010 1 01 1010 1 1101 1011 111 01010010 111000 01101 1010 10 1011010 1 101100100 101 1011 110 01100 1 100101101100 11 11 1 11111 0010 101001 01 1111 111 10001 0110111 1 0101000 1111 1111 1 110010 11110 10 1101001 0001001 1010 1111 11 111 1 100101 1101110 011 10 1111 01011 1 1110 010010 01 01011 0101 1001 10 10 11110 111 10 1 111010 1 100111 10 1001 1 10 1111 0101011 00101010 11 0 0101010 10000 01 0 010100 1 1 110010
- Amount of stanzas: 35
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 179
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; came, i, years, it, ash, spoke, shot, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , do, climb, did, years, it, came, ash, night, gales, grainy, the, nothing, grass are repeated.
The author used the same words , it 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 , has, was, here, came, ash, yes, it, patched, no, the are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words , you, one, in at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , go, are, climb, i, years, came, ash, night, gales, grainy, nothing, grass connect the lines.
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- summary of The Straitening;
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