This is an analysis of the poem Photograph From September 11 that begins with:

They jumped from the burning floors—
one, two, a few more,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX XbX cde bdad XaX bce X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 11011 1010 010110001 1110 01010101 10101 0011001 11110 1011 11011 1111 01010 1101011 01010010 111110 111101110 0101 111011 010111001101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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