This is an analysis of the poem Statue Of A Couple that begins with:

Your hand, my wonder, is now icy cold.
The purest light of the celestial dome...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXba acdX bcec ffXX XcXe aXgf cfXc XXdhXhfcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001101 0101000101 11111111 111110010 111100101 0010001 11110101 01110110010 01010011110 10010110010 1111001101 110100110 110101101 111100110 001001011010 110101101 111100100110 010100 1111111010 1101010101 0111010111 010011011010 11111111101 01010010100100 1011101101 01001010 0010100010111 110001110110 11010110101 1011101010 1101001000 1101011110 01010111 111100101 010110101 11100100110 111111100 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, what, it are repeated.

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

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