This is an analysis of the poem Quare Fatigasti that begins with:
Two years ago I was thinking
On the changes that years bring forth ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaaab aXacaaac dededdde fefefffe dgdgdddg hXhXghhX gdhdhhhdXddadaaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011110 10101011 111111110 0110111 101001110 001010110 11011010 00100111 011110110 0101111 010101010 0100111 11001110 11010110 01011010 10101101 11111110 10101001 101011110 0100100 101011010 101011110 101110110 11111001 10101110 10100101 11001110 10111011 111010110 11110110 11011110 1111011 11010110 0100101 001101010 0100101 001101110 01101010 101001110 10100111 111101010 10101100 111101110 1101111 01001111 11001110 101010010 10100100 001110011 01111101 1110110 1011011 111111110 11101010 001001110 0100101 111010110 0101111 11001110 10110101 01001010 101101110 001101110 0100101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or, and, there, is are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pleasure connects the lines.
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