This is an analysis of the poem Cataract Operation that begins with:
The sun comes like a head
through last night's turtleneck. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXba XX Xc bd dX XX aX cdXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101 111101 01000111 110101101 010010101 0101010 10101 1001 01001010 01100111 01010001 110101 0100 00100 1101 11010100 010101 1101 11011 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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