This is an analysis of the poem I Hear A Voice Low In The Sunset Woods that begins with:
I hear a voice low in the sunset woods;
Listen, it says: 'Decay, decay, decay.'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXaabbccbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101100111 1001100110 11000100001 1011010101 1001111001 0101001101 1001010111 100110100101 01011011001 1000110101 10110011001 10001010101 0101010101 10111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
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