This is an analysis of the poem Candles that begins with:

The days of the future stand in front of us
Like a line of candles all alight----...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXacaXabXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001010101 101010101 10111101010 011111101 0101010111 01011110 101110101 1110101111 0110010010011 11011111010 111010111010 1100110100 11001010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, candles are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, how are repeated.

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