This is an analysis of the poem Where I Have Lost, I Softer Tread that begins with:
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Where I have lost, I softer tread—... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXab aXab XXcc dddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111111010 1111001010 11011101 11 11111101 011111010 10101101 11 111111110 01010011000 01010011 10 11110101 11010101 11010001 11
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, a are repeated.
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