This is an analysis of the poem Bigotry's Victim that begins with:

I.
Dares the lama, most fleet of the sons of the wind,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccaaaX Xdbdbbaabb Xdcdccaabb Xeaeaaffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101011001001 01001001101 1010010101101 011001101 101011001001 01010001 101101101 11001001101 1000100100 1 1010010110010 11001001001 1010011010010 1011011 10111101011 1110011011 11011001 11001111001 101001101001 1 111010111010 101101101101 110110010010 101011001 11101101001 101101001 101001001 1010001101001 110101011101 1 11001001001 111101011001 11101001001 11011011 101001001011 011001011 11001001 1011111101111 101101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; his, though, for, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word though is repeated.

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