This is an analysis of the poem Fault that begins with:

In the airport bar, I tell my mother not to worry.
No one ever tripped and fell into the San Andreas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX XXXX ccXb aadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111111101010 11101110001010 1111110111010 1110101110 11111101001 01001010101010 1110101101010 0010 111101110101 10100100101 1111101011 0011111010 10101001011100 110110011110 11101111011 1110110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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