This is an analysis of the poem The Gates Between that begins with:
Pearl-white, opaque and fixèd fast,
Flashing between the hands unclasped,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabbb ccaXa XaaaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 100101100 10010101 01011011 11011101 110010101 11111111 00110101 11010101 11110101 110111010 11011101 11010100 11010101 01110101 1101011 010100111 10100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 words on, like are repeated.
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