This is an analysis of the poem Hunger Camp At Jaslo that begins with:

Write it. Write. In ordinary ink
on ordinary paper: they were given no food,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdebbXbeff XcgadbebhXbeeXXhggX gXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,19,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 1101010101011 11101010110 00111111 111001111 100101000110 0101101010 1101110010 10101010111010 11101 11111 100101101010 1111001 11001110011 101101010110 10111010 011101101001 10010110001 0111110101 011001101 1111110 110011 1101011001 111111 111001011 1010110 1010110 01110 11011101 1010101111 10101110 100 0101100101101 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an is repeated.

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