This is an analysis of the poem Behind Me Dips Eternity that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabccb cabaXb bbcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110100 01110100 110101 11010101 01000101 010101 11010011 001100100 110101 010100100 01010101 010001 11000111 11000101 010001 01100100 11100100 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words himself, 'tis, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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