This is an analysis of the poem Base Details that begins with:

If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath
I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111101 1101010101 1111010101 11101101001 10011000101 100101010110 11101010101 11110000110 1101011111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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