This is an analysis of the poem Clinical that begins with:

Hist? . . .
Through the corridor's echoes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdcb cdaefXXegXaaXhi gXcaXfciafjkXbaaaX jhXcXck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,18,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010010 10110 1011001 1100101 10111010 10010 0111 001111 00111011 10110111011 11110001 10111010 1001 1001101 1001 11010001011 10111111100 100111101 1011101 010111010 10010010 1101 100110100 1001001 110110110101 1111001011 100101 10110010 111101100 11010010 10010010 1001001 1011101 01110011 10011010 100111 1001 00110010 101100011 1111 1101 110100100 1111001 011110 100111 10010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; white, and, shoulders, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Clinical;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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