This is an analysis of the poem Ccu To Ccu (Coronary Care Unit To Calcutta) that begins with:

Away from home,
Away from my dear cat, my books and papers, my friends,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdecXXaXXXdedXfgXXfgbbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101 0101111111011 01011 01111100011000100 101111 101111 001111100 110110010001 011111001 10100111001011011 0010010100101 01100101 11010001 11001101 0010101111001 1011010101 11111110101 111101001 11111010111 110100101 1100100010101010100111011 0010011 111101110010 11111100100100 110100111101 010110110011010010011010100100101010111101000001001000110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, away, from, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words away, lying, who, they are repeated.

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