This is an analysis of the poem In Ebon Box, When Years Have Flown that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcb XXda XXXX dXXc XXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01011011 010001 10010101 101101 010100010 11010100 01010100 110111 010101001 0101010 11011100 11000001 0101011 1100100 01101100 010101 110101010 11010100 10010101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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