This is an analysis of the poem Since Years Ago For Evermore that begins with:
SINCE years ago for evermore
My cedar ship I drew to shore;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 11011101 10011101 10110111 11001111 10101111 11011101 01110111 01110101 110101011 10010101 01000111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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