This is an analysis of the poem For K.R. On Her Sixtieth Birthday that begins with:

Blow out the candles of your cake.
They will not leave you in the dark,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAaa aaAAXaaaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 10111001 11010101 00111111 11110101 10110101 11010011 10111001 11110101 01110101 11111101 11111111 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; your is repeated.

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