This is an analysis of the poem The Undying One - Canto Ii that begins with:

'YEARS pass'd away in grief--and I,
For her dear sake whose heart could feel no more, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Guessed form:
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  • Amount of stanzas: 57
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 754
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, dream, not, to, that, in, thee, thy, vain, thou, i, for, how, have, she, so, day, he, glared, loved, be, his, their, they, but, me, where, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , the, a, and, if, thou, i, to, who, how, she, for are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, 'we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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