This is an analysis of the poem December Blues that begins with:
At the bad time, nothing betrays outwardly the harsh findings,
The studies and hospital records. Carols play....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bc aX Xb Xa XcXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101110011000110 010111001101 1001001010010010 11100111101011 00101011101110 10110100110 00101010110011 10010001111001010 0101110110101 0110111010010 100010101100111 00101100101001 1111010110110010 100111101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of are repeated.
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