This is an analysis of the poem Ormuzd And Ahriman. Part I that begins with:

Daybreak.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cdcdd efeff gbgbb hehee h ehXhh Xhbhh H iffijkkj H XhXdXeee h eellddii h fkfcckmmcc h iiXk b neXen b ojoj eheh pmpq X H Xeffbbninieeff H hheeeebbeebbeXeebXXecccc b kqkq rnrn e m fsfs hmhm pmpq H ggccebeebtt bXjhjhhbhbimim H ffffedXdeeeXbbifififif B ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,5,5,5,1,5,5,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,10,1,4,1,5,1,4,4,4,1,1,14,1,24,1,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,1,11,14,1,22,1,4,11,1,4,4,4,1,20,1,1,1,8,1,1,1,7,1,3,1,14,4,1,1,12,1,6,1,4,1,15,1,18,1,5,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,10,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,7,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,24,1,2,1,13,1,6,1,21,1,3,1,9,1,3
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 100101010 1101010011111 010101 1110001010111 110111 101101 1100111010101 1101001 0101011100101 101111 101101 110101010101 111101 111101011111 101111 010101 010101111101 111100 100101011111 110011 010101 110 10010111001110 100101 10110010101010 011100 110111 01010101101010 111111 1111010111101 11111 01001001 1010 1001110101010 110111 110101 0101010101010 01011010111 1101010 0101010 1011010111101 110 1101111111010 1001010101001 0101011101100 1101100 010101010111 1101111111010 1101011100010 1100011101010 110 010101010101 10110111101001 110111110111 110101111111 101101110101 111101011101 11010010111010 1001010100110 110 1111011101010 1011010 10010011101110 10110110101001 111111010101 10110110 0111010101001 010101111111 110111010101 111101110101 110 1101010101110 1101010101110 0111011101010 01010010001010 101110 11111101 11010101 11011110 11110000 11010101110100 10 1111101 010101 11011101 010111 01010101 0101001 01011101 1100101 1111001 111111 10101101 110100 0101001010110100100010 1010 110101001110 11010101010 1001110101 1101010111 1001100101 1011010101 1111010101 110101110 11101110001 101101110 010101010101 100101010101 1100101110101 11010101011001 110 110111110111 110111 1101110010101 010101 110111011101 010101 011101010101 111101 100101000101 1101111 111101010101 010101 1111010110111 0101000 110111111101 0100101 1111001110101 11110 10010111001110 11010010 110011110101 110111 110011100101 111101 10010 010010110 010010010 110011010 010010010 011100010 011011010 10101000010 1010011010 1010 0100101 111010011 11111 1010100101 10101 111010101 10101 111110101 11001 101010101 101110 011000101 11100 110 11001001 01001011 01001101 1111101 1110011010 11101101 010010110 111110010 11011001 101001101 100001001 11011111 101001011 101101011 101001101 101001111 101001011 11101001 101101001 001011011 101111001 110010010 11001001 11010010 1101001 1010 011110010 010011010 011011010 010011010 010010110 110111010 10110100 011111010 1011011010 010010010 011110010 011110100 011011010 110111010 110110110 011110110 111100010 111110110 0011010010 1110110010 100110110 0011010110 010 110110010 11001011 0010010010 110110010 010101 01001010011 1111111111 1111010111 1011011001 0111110101 01010100111 1111110001 1101010110 1101111101 1001111101 010 111011110 110111000 1010111100 110011010 1111011100 110010010 110110010 011110100 0010011110 111010110 0111010100 111100010 101 1111110100 1111010111 0101101001 010111101 0001010101 1101011111 1111010101 100101001001 1001110101 0101111101 11001011111 0101011001 1111010111 1101011111 0101010101 10110101101 1011011111 0111110011 10111100101 110100100011 010 11110010101 101 0101110111 10110101101 0111010111 0100010101 01010010111 1011010101 0101010101 1101011101 010 1001111111 101 00111110101 1111000101 1111011101 1101011011 0101011101 01110010101 1101000101 010 1111111111 1011110001 0111110111 101 1111110101 1101000101 1101010101 0100010001 0101000101 0111110101 1101110101 10110010101 1101011101 0111010001 1100110101 11001110111 0110000111 1111111101 111010010001 0101110111 010010101001 0101110101 1010 100000101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11110101 0100010 01111011 011101011 010010111 001010001 10010101 01010100 11011100 010 1111010101 10110101001 1101010101 0101000111 0111010101 11010101010 101 10010110 111010010 010110010 111111110 01 01011111001 1011110101 1011010101 0110110101 1011010101 1101000101 1001110101 1101011101 1001110101 0101011101 01111100101 0101001010001 0101011101 1100111101 0101010001 100010 1011010010 110110010 010010011 111010011 110110110 110010010 011110010 010010010 011010110 110010010 010010010 010110010 100111010 111011010 10110010 1110111110 011010010 10111010 101 11010110101 0101011101 1101010100 1101110111 0101010101 010 10110100111 1101010101 1111111101 0101 10 111111 010 1111010101 01010011010 1111010101 10 1111110111 1101011101 11110111111 1101110101 11110100101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110100 0101011101 11010110111 010 1101111101 10 1111010001 101000111 0101110101 10010100100 010 1111010111 10 1011110101 1101111111 0101010010 1101010101 1101010111 010 1111110111 10 11010001010 1100011101 1000011011 1111100101 1101111011 1001010101 010101 010 1101 10 1101110111 1111111101 010 1111010101 0101010011 10 110001111001 1011010111 1100000101 1001010001 1110110100 0100010111 01001011101 11001110001 1111110001 0111010100 11001000101 010111001100 1101110111 110010000101 11010100101 1101011101 1101010001 0101110101 0111110101 0101110111 0100011101 1101010100 0101101101 00010111001 010 1111010101 1101010101 10 1011110111 1111011101 0100010100 1101000101 1011000101 0101011111 100110001001 0111010001 1101010101 1101011111 1101110101 1100010111 0111010011 010 1000010101 1111110101 1101100101 1001110101 11011001111 01000101011 10 0101010101 1101010101 11000111111 01001110101 11010010101 1101010111 11010011001 1101010101 111100101001 11100100111 0111000101 1101011101 01001000101 100010110011 0101011111 1011110100 10101111111 1101010101 10001010101 01101010100 01111101110 010 11001010101 1101100100 1101010101 10 01010111011 1111001111 1101010111 1100010101 1101010111 1011100100 1111011001 1101111111 10010 010 1111111111 0101011101 10011001010 101 01011111110 0101010101 010 1111010101 101 10111100101 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 126
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 521
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, we, of, round, her, our, on, for, it, o, thy, i, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, we, a, as, on, of, alas, through, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, him, sun are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase muffled connects the lines.

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