This is an analysis of the poem Thalidomide that begins with:
O half moon—-
Half-brain, luminosity—-...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xb Xc Xd XX Xe Xb Xb eX ad Xb fc fX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1110000 101101 11 10101101 10001 11 11000 1010 10111 001001 1011010 101 1001010 01 110100 111100 011011110 01 0111101 11 00100 0110111 01101 010 110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 38
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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