This is an analysis of the poem Pardoned Out that begins with:

I’m pardoned out. Again the stars
Shine on me with their myriad eyes.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedebXbb adedfgfg dhdhegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 111011001 11111101 11100101 01010111 11111111 10000101 110111 11011101 11010101 11111101 01011101 11010101 11100110 01000101 010101 11011101 11110111 111100111 01010011 11011101 01010111 10110111 111111 11011101 11110111 11111111 11111101 11110101 11100101 11101101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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