This is an analysis of the poem Dolcino To Margaret that begins with:

The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaBa cdcdBd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110111 10111001 1101111011 11011001 11 11011001 110011101 10101001 101111011011 1100101 11 00100101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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