This is an analysis of the poem Lament —I that begins with:
When I see the houses in this city,
the electric gates and uniformed men ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXdXaX afXghhhXfi fcdhdbXf gbdXgdXegbidg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110100010 0010111011 0101010001 01010110 01110110 10011101 0111 010010010 1111100 101111 01110110010 1110111 1010101010 11010100 01011011 0101 01001001011 1111011 10110101 11101010 001100010111 1101 11101 01111101 01001001 11100110 101010101 11100111 111011010 0010110010111 01101001 01101101 101011 0101001 110010011 110110010 10111 1101011111 11011 11010101 01111100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- history of its creation;
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