This is an analysis of the poem Where The Light Wraith Of Death Goes Dancing that begins with:

Where the light wraith of death goes dancing
In and out of the wavering line,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cecebfbf ghghadad bcbceiei
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 011001001 101011010 110011101 101001011 10111101 110111011 01110111 101101011 10110111 100101011 10100001 001101010 11110101 111101010 11100101 111111010 11100101 101011110 010101101 10111110 11111101 1100101010 1100100111 101001010 11110101 00111001010 10010101 111011011 100101011 111101111 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; you, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words though, there, only are repeated.

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