This is an analysis of the poem De Profundis Clemadi that begins with:

I did not know; child, child, I did not know,
Who now in lonely wayfare go,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghijjkkffeellXXaakkhhiill
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111011 11010101 1101001111 111111 1011111101 110001 1100010111 01010101 0111110111 110101 1011111101 101101 1111011111 0110101 1001010001 01111101 0101011101 111111 1111111111 100101 0111111101 111101 1101011101 010101 1101010111 0100101 1111111101 111100 1101111111 100101 1110111111 011101 11010001011 110101 1111111111 010100 1101010111 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 261
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; child, of, so, i, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of De Profundis Clemadi;
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