This is an analysis of the poem As I Lay With Head In Your Lap, Camerado that begins with:

AS I lay with my head in your lap, Camerado,
The confession I made I resume--what I said to you in the open air I... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXXXcbXaXcXadXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110110111000 001011110111101001011 101 11111011101 11111101010101 0111110110 001110010111011 10000 1101101001101010010 0 1111010111011111101 0110101 11111101010010010 01001101 10101011010110011 10101011001011001 11000101111110011 11101010101011010 1101100100110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1024
  • Average number of words per stanza: 177
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, all, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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