This is an analysis of the poem Demon that begins with:
A young man is afraid of his demon and puts his hand
over the demon's mouth sometimes...- D. H. Lawrence...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab acdadX ceXfaXa efghhbX eiihjjhhjk hhhjdlXfcjcbbegXajXggeckjejgel
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,7,7,10,30,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100100101101 100101011110 110110001 10110111101 10110 11 1100101101 111010 111 0110 10001000 11101 1110111 101001 1010011101 110 11001 1100101111 110011011100 110011110 11011010 10 11001 11011101111 0111101 10011001 00101001 011101 01111 11011111 11010011010 111010100 1 1 1011 1100111011 1111011 10101010010 111 100011101 0111100101001 1110010010 101101101 1 1 101110 1011011 000111101011 1000101111001 1010010110010 1011 100001111 1010100 10011 1010111 1110010001 11111 10101110 111011011 010010 10010010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less 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, too, often, i, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words too, what, no, yes, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines to, up, you, no, yes, forth are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases no, you, yes connect the lines.
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- summary of Demon;
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