This is an analysis of the poem For C. that begins with:

After the clash of elevator gates
And the long sinking, she emerges where, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc daadee fggfXX Xbbahh iccicX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 1011010101 0110010111 11101010111 1001010101 0011010101 1111110101 1001011101 1100110001 1111010101 1101011101 1001010111 1101110111 1111011111 1101010101 01110100101 0101110110 01001110011 1101111110 1101011101 0101001101 1111110100 1101010111 1101010100 1111000111 0011000001 0101010011 1101000101 1001010101 1011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, their are repeated.

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

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