This is an analysis of the poem The Mist that begins with:
I am the mist, the impalpable mist,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc bcX decc faadfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101001 100111 1111 11010111 1111010 101101111 100101010 111101 1101101 1101001 01010101 1110101 100101 110101 111101 111001 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 17
- 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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sphinx is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase long connects the lines.
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- summary of The Mist;
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