This is an analysis of the poem Another Birth that begins with:

A dark and chanted verse is what I am
Forever bearing you...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXbbb DdDefghiigjcghkklmldkga bLLkXlkdmX kbnnc occobcfj jh kaXj cccXef djkijjjk k f XX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,23,10,5,8,2,4,6,8,1,1,2,6,10,4,8,11,4,8,2,4,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010111 010101 0110101 10010001010011 1111110111 111111 011101 01010101101 110 011101000101001 110 11011101001 1100110101 110010110 100010101100111 101100100 100100100 0010110010 11011010 11110100110 0111010 1111 001010 101010 001010100 110101 110101100100 01010110001 010110100110 101001 110101 1 1100 1100 0101001110110 0101001011 00110001011101 11001101010010 110011100010011101 11 11 111110010 11011111111 101110010 010 1101 111 01010111 111101010 101101 1100101101 1000100111101 10100100100101 0110111 1011011 1100110101 011000111 1000011101 01010110 100101 110100 11101 11101 111 001011110001 1101101 1 10110101 10010010 11110 101101 01101 1100111 00100111 0101110 00100 11 11 111111 111111 1111111111 11111111 11111 11111111 11 111111111111 11 11111111111 11111111 1111111111 1 11111 111111 11111111111111 111111 1111111111111 1111 1111111111111 11111111 11 11111 1111111 1111111 1111111111 11111 1111111 1 111 111 111 1111111111 111111111 1111111111 111111111 1111111111 111 111 11111 111111111 111111 111 11111 11111 111111111 111111 11111111 11111111111 111111111111 1111 11111111 11111 11111 111111111 1111 1111111 111 111 111 111111111111 111 1 1111 1111111 11111111 1111 111 111111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 757
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • Average number of symbols per line: 123 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, oh, i, to, of, this, my, know, with, form are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, life, the, my, this, and, , ' are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, passerby, this, , ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases this, , ' connect the lines.

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