This is an analysis of the poem I Rose Up As My Custom Is that begins with:
I rose up as my custom is
On the eve of All-Souls' day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccb Xdccd edaXd dcffc ghbbh iieXi gcaaXXhacca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111100 1010111 1111111011 01111101 011101 11001101 11110101 11001101 1110010101 1100111 11010111 0100101 11111001 11011100 110100 11110101 111011 11011111 11111011 111101 11011111 010001 10110011 101000111 111101 100101001 111101 11101101 11010100 111001 11110011 1010101 111101001 11110101 1110110 011001111 01110011 01010101 110011101 0101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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; her, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same words i, 'you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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