This is an analysis of the poem Perverse Times Have Come that begins with:
Perverse times have come,
I know the mystery of the beloved...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdXccccXeabcdae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111 11010000010 1110011 1101110 101010 1101111 110101100 011011010 10101011011 1100110110 0101110101 01011011 011010110 01101110 101011001 01110010 110110001 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; have is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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