This is an analysis of the poem Earth Voices that begins with:
I
I heard the spring wind whisper... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaAabcdcedXd Xfgf cXcX agAg ehbh hidi agbg bXgX aaAa agfg fede dhdh fadhX ahch bhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11001110 0101010 1101010 0011010 1101010 010101 1101011 110101 1101001 110101 0111000 010101 1001010 110101 1111110 010111 1001010 110101 1101010 0101010 11001110 010101 1101010 010001 1101010 110101 0101010 110011 1101010 110101 1100010 110001 1101010 101101 1101010 0101001 1001010 110101 0101010 1100010 11001110 0101110 1101010 0100110 1101010 110101 1111010 010011 11010010 110101 1101010 010111 1101110 0100001 1111010 010001 110101 0 010101 1101010 0100010 1100110 100101 1001010 011111 1001010 110111 0111010 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my are repeated.
The author used the same word 'i 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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