This is an analysis of the poem The Singer Of Heaven that begins with:
As t sit with my silent sorrow,
I sing the sad song of my soul ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dX d e fe f fc fc f cb c dg fg X X hX h X ci c g ig iX ddXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011010 11011011 101111010 0101101 111011011 11101111 110010110 11001011 110010110 100111 111010110 0111001 110110011 101101001 1110111010 1100101 1110111011 11111001 1110111110 11001011 110011110 111001011 110010110 11001101 1 1110110111 01001011 110110110 010110001 01110110 11001001 10010111 01011011 111110010 1111111011 101010010 11010101 11001111 11011001 110111010 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 52
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, how are repeated.
The author used the same words my, and, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word her at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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