This is an analysis of the poem Pleasant Prophecies that begins with:
A day of gladness yet will dawn,
Though when I cannot say;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd XeXe acXc Xebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 111101 01010111 011101 11100101 110111 11010101 100100 11110011 110111 11001101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 10010100 1101010 11110101 0111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words perhaps, and are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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