This is an analysis of the poem To A Cabaret Dancer that begins with:

A thousand lights had smitten her
Into this thing;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdc edfd cgbg efbf ahgh cfhf hiji hheh ahchXcjij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011100 0001 111001100 1101 11010111 1101 11010111 1111 11110101 1111 11011101 0111 111010101 1101 11011111 0101 11011101 1101 111000111 0111 110101010 111 100010101 1111 11010101 1001 1101010101 0101 011111011 1101 10111001 1101 100111101 0101 11010111 1001 01011100 0011 101010001 1111 01010101 1101 11011101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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