This is an analysis of the poem Lament For Zenocrate that begins with:

Black is the beauty of the brightest day,
The golden belle of heaven's eternal fire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcXdXbdbdeefbXcebXcdcXXbcXgbgXcfaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001000101 010101001010 1101010101 1101010101 1101011101 1101000101 1001010101 100111111 111100110010 11010010101 1101000101 1100011101 1001000101 1100010101 11010101010 1100011001 010101100 01010010101 1101010101 11011111010 010101100 01001110101 011010101 111011101 010101100 0100110100 1111010101 1111011100 010101100 10011100100 0111010011 1101010100 010101100 1111010111 10010010010 1011101101 110101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, of, to are repeated.

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