This is an analysis of the poem The Growth Of Lorraine that begins with:

I
While I stood listening, discreetly dumb, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baabbaab cdceed X fggffhhf fhfiih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111000101 0111001101 1111110111 1101110011 1100111101 1001010111 1011001110 1111011111 1111011111 1111010010 1111011011 1111011101 1111011101 1100010111 1 1011010111 1111010001 1111010001 1101111111 1111101101 1111010111 1111110011 0001111101 1111011111 1111111111 1100110101 1000110101 0111110111 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; i, and, born, to, be, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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