This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Gentle Thought that begins with:
There is a gentle thought that often springs
to life in me, because it speaks of you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaccccdcadca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10010111001 0101010101 01000111111 0101010111 10001100001 1110011101 0010111101 10010101001 0101110101 0011001101 0111111010 0111011111 0011110001 11010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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