This is an analysis of the poem Monologue Of An American Poet that begins with:

A loved one leaves
like air from the lungs-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbdeeffbgaacaeXaegaaagbXhijdhbcaaijekekGGgflefkkigakXmcaiddgdXddkJJkbgdmkhlhad Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 81,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 11001 1001010111 011010110 01 110110 011011011 10111 0011 011011 101 101 10100 1 1001001 111011011 0100111 01111001 1111 1111 101 11010 1111110010 1011011011 1110011010 10101 1010110101 0111010101 10101101 11011 1010 11001 0101 1010111010 010 010010 101 111 11 11110011 101 0100011 010 010 10 1101 11010101 11101000101 11111 11101 1101010101 11110101 010011 111100 1101010101 1101 101 1111 111 101 111 100110001011 1010 101001010 1100101 0100010 11111001001 110101 11 11 111101 01101 10100010 0010001 11101 1111100101 10111 1011 101001001011001 110100101 11101 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1087
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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