This is an analysis of the poem Man Who Got No Sign that begins with:

Ko-we-ha Gemini Jim taw Scorpio Salo
Taw sejno-nej-o-to-kono o-ha-na-shi-te-saw...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccbbaadbdeeffgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111011110110 110110101111111 11101111011111010101 1011110101110100111 11010110100111011101 010011101011011111 111011101111010101 1010101010011101101 1111011010011010101 10101111011011111 11101001101010101 11011111110101 1010111111111101 11011111010011111 110101011101 00111110110100111 10101010001111111 111111001111111111 111010101011111 10101101011111111 101011101110111 0111010110111 101010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 308
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Man Who Got No Sign;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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