This is an analysis of the poem Helsinki Window that begins with:
for Anselm Hollo
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abccdecefghh hagibjkfclacc aXbmjiabjni fdcgkonfchhg dihcgaecipqh ihrpaoriqXdb aaeljmllhkp kldnhhhdhlnf Xcncqccjpdgi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,13,11,12,12,12,11,12,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 110010 111010 10010 1110101 01001010 101010 101011 10111110 1011101 0101011 1110111 1111010 1111 110001 0101011 110010 001110 1011 10101 110111 0101011 11101 011101 01111 10101 11101 01011011 0101010 10001010 101100101 1001101 11001111 10101010 10010111 11101110 10001011101 1110011 11010100 10010101 01110011 10010010 111110101 111110100 110111 010101011 101101110 101110101010 111111001 1011110 1010101 111101 011101 0101111 1010101 110111110 0111111 11011001 1101011 1011111 11011101 1110100 01010011 1010100100 01010110 111001011 1010101 1101010010 1010100010 011010101 011010101 01110100 100010110 11011011 11111 0110100 101110100 0101011 1011010 0111011 00110111 10111011 1111110 1110101 01011010101 1010110101 101010010110 11100111010 011010111010 110110111 010010111011 101001010110 111100010011 1111011111 011110001110 11001001101 101000 11110 100110 101011 00101000 01111 1111111 0100111 101110 100100 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, s, had, of, no, and, still are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , of, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of Helsinki Window;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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