This is an analysis of the poem Angered Reason that begins with:

Angered Reason walked with me
A street so squat, unshapen, bald,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba bcXb cddc cbbc ceec fbbf bggb bccb hiih jkkj cccc ffff fllf dccdXacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 01111001 11101101 110100100 001000111 11100111 01000101 010010101 11110101 100110101 01010101 01011101 01111101 01110111 01110101 11011100 011100111 01010101 01010001 01010101 11110111 01011111 01010111 01010001 11010101 01010101 010010001 10010111 11010111 11000101 10010111 01010001 11010011 11110101 10011001 11010101 11010001 100101011 10011001 10010101 11110011 11110001 10011101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11010101 01111111 110111001 110110111 01010101 11110001 11110111 01111101 11001101 01000100 11110111 010101011 01010101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, of, it, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, it, the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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