This is an analysis of the poem Hertha that begins with:
I AM that which began;
Out of me the years roll; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb cdedad cfcfdf dgdghg ieieic cicXi gdgXgd jXjkk dkdklk icicic ddddbd lglgkg iaiaa mkmkbk kikiXi dXdnkn ododdd iiiiX kikiai kdXdkd apapbp Xqcqlq mdmdpd fkfkXk cecece ceceae ccccdc agXgg dcdXpc cccccc oeoede dldldl cccclc okokhk bdbdkd ckckpk flflil fc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,6,6,5,6,5,6,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 101001 101111 111011 11011101001001101 101011 101001 111001 111001 10110101101111110 1 111110 11011 1011010 11011 10111101111101111 1 101011 10101 11101 10111 111110011111101110 1 101101 101011 101101 101001 0110110100110101 0 1111110 11001 11010 1110 11100011001001001 111111 101001 111111 111111 1111110011111101 11 1011010 11101 1010110 11101 0110101101001101 11111101 1101 110101 1011 1100101101111101 1 111011 111011 111001 111011 111011111011111 001 111011101 1001 10100101 111001 11100010011011010 01 111101 111111 1110001 111011 11101100100110101 1 1011110 11111 10110 11111 11011111011011001 10110 1111 1010010 100101 101001011011111 111 11001 101001 10101 101011 011001011011111 101 1101011 111011 111111 11111 11011111001111 1011 1010110 11001 1110110 101001 1110011110011111 01 1100100 1101 10111101 1001 111101100001111100 111111 111001 101111 111011 101001101010100100 1 111010 11001 110110 11111 0010110010111111 11 1010110 11111 1110110 11101 11111100111111 1111 1110110 11011 110110 11001 11101110111111 10101 1110110 111001 1110010 1010001 0010110110110110 01 11001 101011 101101 101101 1110111110110110 01 111010 11111 111110 101101 1010010110110110 01 110110 11111 1011010 11101 1100111100111 1101 110110 11011 110010 11101 111111111110111 11 110110 11111 1111110 11001 111101011001111001 1111101 11101 11001101 11001 11001111100100110 1 10011010 111111 1110110 110001 1100010111101101 1 1010010 11011 1111110 11011 10101101010100101 1 11110 111101 111011 111011 11110100110100101 1 111110 11101 1110010 11011 0111111110110101 1 101001100 10001 110110 11111 11001010101100100 1 11111100 101101 11101100 101001 10111011011011111 1 110110 11001 10100010 11011 11001010101100100 1 10110111 11001 10101111 11001 101010111100100100 1 111111 11101 1011111 11101 101001001011011011 1110010 11001 1010010 110011 11011011011011011 110110 11011 11010 1101 11011011101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 231
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more 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, i, that, thou, art, of, what, nor, thee, in, thy, to, ye, my, all, your, you, with, his, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, before, or, first, i, the, hast, what, nor, to, all, and, such, was, with, god, one are repeated.
The author used the same words i, all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Hertha;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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