This is an analysis of the poem Diagnosis that begins with:
for David Lehman
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abXXXaaXX bXXXXXXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,8,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 11101010 0100101111010 011100111100 1010101110 11101100111 111101100110 01100111010 0111000100100 101010 110101111 01110101010 0101101010 11101111 1011010 1101010111 10110100110 1101110101 01101001011 0100000000000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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