This is an analysis of the poem Xxxvi: Revolution that begins with:
West and away the wheels of darkness roll,
Day's beamy banner up the east is borne,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 1101010101 1011011101 1001010001 1101110001 1001010101 0111010101 01001000101 10110010101 0101000101 11010001001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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