This is an analysis of the poem Sence You Went Away that begins with:
Seems lak to me de stars don't shine so bright,
Seems lak to me de sun done loss his light,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaB cccB dddBXbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101011111 1101011101 1101110101 11101 1101011111 1101110011 1101111101 11101 1101110001 1101011111 1101010101 11101 1101111111 1101111101 1101011011 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; seems, to, me, lak are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word seems is repeated.
The author used the same word seems at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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