This is an analysis of the poem In A Crystal Whirlpool, Such Steepness! that begins with:
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In a crystal whirlpool, such steepness!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abaXa X cbXc X bXcc X ddaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 001011110 01100101011 101001011 1010001 1101110 1 00101101011 0111001000101 01101100100010 010010101010 1 10100110100 1101101010100 0011010101 011100100010 1 11011010 10110010110 1001010000101 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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