This is an analysis of the poem Edith Conant that begins with:
We stand about this place -- we, the memories;
And shade our eyes because we dread to read:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXXedeecXXabXbXXae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010110100 1111011101 10111101110 11111 11101001110101 111111111111 110011101101 1100101 110101110101 101 1101011001 1101 1111010101010 0101001010 010110011101 0010101110100 11010101 1011010101 10111 10010110101101 11101001101 1110010001 001010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 961
- Average number of words per stanza: 173
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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; we, and, your, with, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, your are repeated.
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