This is an analysis of the poem Lines Suggested By The Fourteenth Of February - Ii that begins with:

Darkness succeeds to twilight:
Through lattice and through skylight... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabccXb XXcaddXX XXXcXeac eeXdfffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011 1101111 01110111 100101 1101010 1101110 10111111 010101 1111000 1011010 11110100110 010111 1001010 1110110 10010111 111111 10010010 1101110 111111001 111111 1011110 0111010 110101111 110101 1111010 1001110 111110111 1111110 1101110 1111010 0111011010 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.

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

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