This is an analysis of the poem J--K. Huysmans that begins with:

A flickering glimmer through a window-pane,
A dim red glare through mud bespattered glass, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcefeccacghXhcec biecajefegicabjjcde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001010101 01111110001 1001011101 0101010101 0101110101 11001010101 0101010001 1111011101 1101011101 0111001101 01111100001 0101010101 0110010101 1101110101 1101010011 10010100101 1111110001 1101001111 0101011111 1010010111 1111010001 11011100101 0101110111 11010010101 110010100111 0001010101 01010100101 1111011111 1101011111 1111110001 0101100001 01011111001 1101010101 1111110001 1101010100 1101111111 1101010101 1101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 837
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, he are repeated.

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

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