This is an analysis of the poem Thomas Decker: Viii that begins with:
OUT of the depths of darkling life where sin
Laughs piteously that sorrow should not know... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba aacddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001010111 1100110111 0111110101 1111111101 1111111100 1101110111 1111001111 00101010101 1101011111 1111110001 11010111010 1100010101011 11011110100 11110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
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