This is an analysis of the poem From 'Love And The Universe' that begins with:

THE voiceless symphony of moor and highland,
The rainbow on the mist,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca db Xbeded dfdfabab gfgXdadaeheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,6,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001110 011101 01110101010 010111 01010111110 010101 01010101010 110001 11110101010 110101 01111100100 110001 11010011010 1111001 11010011010 011101 11010101010 100101 11010001010 010011 01000111010 011101 11000101010 010001 11110111010 0101001 01010101010 110100 01011101010 011101 11010001010 101101 01111101010 010101 010001001010 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, are are repeated.

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