This is an analysis of the poem Dregs that begins with:
This afternoon it is raining, as never before; and I
have no desire to live, my heart. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aB aX XXcX Xdcb Xb XXdXaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,4,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100101100111 110100111 01010111010 1011111010 010101000101101 01010011000 110110010 1010100010 110011010010 110010101010 101000100 010101011100 101011100111 001001 101011110111 1110101 00011001101 0101001010111 110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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