This is an analysis of the poem Weary Rings that begins with:

There are desires to return, to love, to not disappear,
and there are desires to die, fought by two ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX XXb baX bXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110100010101101 11101001111 010101110100 1101010111111 1110010000100100 0101 110100110101 1111001011 11010011101 010101100111 101010111010 00101000101101 11101101001 10101101011 1101000110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; to, there, desires, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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