This is an analysis of the poem Behind The Veil that begins with:
A PHANTOM to me thou appearest
But, spite of this seeming, I know,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa a bcbc c defe e XcXc fX gaga ca ggXX g eheh dh gigi fi ejej j klkX al caca a Xmem m dede ge dldl fX lala ga dlflXjl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,2,4,2,4,1,4,2,4,2,4,1,4,2,4,1,4,1,4,2,4,2,4,2,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011100 11001011 010010110 01101001 011111101001111001 1010010010 01001101 111110010 010010001 10100101110100111 1010010110 11001011 00011011 11011011 01011001011010111 1101100110 11011001 110010100 01111011 011010010111001 10 0110011010 11101101 110010010 11001001 1101101100010 01001 111010110 111100011 010110000 11011101 11111111011101011 111111010 010101111 110011010 11111001 010111011110110 01 111000010 011111111 1110011010 11011001 10111100101110101 1 110011010 11001001 010010010 01001101 1111101001111001 111011010 11011111 1111110110 1010011100 1111010010111010 01 111011010 01101101 110011010 11101111 01011001011111011 1011010110 11011111 1110011110 001011001 01011101011001001 111011010 01010101 110110110 01001001 0101111110100110 1 110111110 01101011 001001110 11001001 1100110101100101 1 011010010 10111001 10100101010 01101001 110111110010110 01 1001011110 01101001 010111101 11001011 111101010110111 01
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as, to, and, in, what, no, or, good are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, i, then, no, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines blow is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word blow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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