This is an analysis of the poem Identity Of Images (IdentitÉ Des Images) that begins with:

I am fighting furiously with animals and bottles
In a short time perhaps ten hours have passed one...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXXefeefadaceghXgaXXhgXaddeceXbXdeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010000100110 001101110111 10010 01001011010101 010 1010101101 1101111 110111000100111 101111110100100 101101010 11010000100101 1 010010110000101 11 011011010010 010101101101 011110010011 111110010111 101 111011001010001 0101010 01001001111010 001011 011010001110111 01 110010011010 1001110010 0010110101001 01010010 1001110011 11110110010010 1101010 10100111101 110110100101101 1010101001010 101010010110100 101100110100 0100010 100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1588
  • Average number of words per stanza: 285
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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; coal, of, and, had are repeated.

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