This is an analysis of the poem Gacela Of The Dark Death that begins with:
I want to sleep the dream of the apples,
to withdraw from the tumult of cemetries....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbA bXcdX eXbcXa eXabXadbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010010 00100100100 110101011 11001011011 111010110111111 101011110110 111010010001 100100101 110011 110101 010010100 111111111 11001001011 1110110011 11100111011 10111001 01101100111 11011011 11010001001 11101010010 01001101101 111010111 11001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase awhile connects the lines.
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