This is an analysis of the poem Untitled: Figure Which Has Long Dwelt In The Coolness Of Sinister Stone that begins with:

Figure which has long dwelt in the coolness of sinister stone
Opens the pale mouth sounding...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c X d c A e d A e X A eXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101111001001001 1001110 111101 1101001001110 011001001010 101000010100011 1101010011101 010100111 01100101001010 1101010011101 010100111 01100100100101 1101010011101 010100111 01100110100100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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