This is an analysis of the poem Yvytot that begins with:

Where wail the waters in their flaw
A spectre wanders to and fro,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbX CCdC Xaea ffGF hhdh ffgf iiII Xaia eebe hhjX Xaba ddXd ffGF Xaha iiII hheX eedX XabX jjkj bbdX XaXa eeXX hhbX gghg aakX bbcb hXhh eegX aAbXXCCdC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 01010011 11011101 01010100 01110101 01010101 01011111 11110101 01010100 11110101 10010101 01010101 11001101 10111101 11110101 11000101 01010111 110010111 11111101 00011101 11010011 11101101 11110101 10011101 11010111 11011111 11011111 01011111 01010100 11010001 11110101 11010111 11010111 101011111 11111101 11110001 101111101 10111100 10011111 100111110 11010100 10011001 101111001 01110011 10010101 11011101 10110111 11011101 11110101 10010101 11110101 11000101 11010100 11011101 10011100 11010011 110100101 10111111 11011111 01011111 11001101 01011111 10010101 11110100 11010111 101110111 11011111 01011000100 11010100 11011111 101111111 111101010 11011001 101110011 11111111 11111101 101110101 11110101 11010101 1111010100 01010100 11011011 01011110 01011001 111111011 101000101 01010111 1111101100 110101001 10010001 111100101 0101101010 10111101 11010011 11110111 01011001 01110011 11011101 110100101 01010100 11010111 11010101 1010100101 11011111 11011111 11010100 101011101 10011101 01110111 0011100101 1011101101 11010110100 11010011 01010011 11011101 11010100 01110101 01010101 01011111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, where, i, thy, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lift, the, where, and are repeated.

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