This is an analysis of the poem The Point Of View: Ii that begins with:
I
In the wood of lost causes, the valley of tears,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a babaccXX X acXcbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 001011001001 11111101001 11011101101 101001011001 111001001001 011111101001 111111110100 11101011001 1 111011111111 001001101101 11001011111 101001011001 111001101011 011111111001 010111010110 11101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, night, it, and are repeated.
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