This is an analysis of the poem Lux In Tenebris that begins with:
When first the Gods, whose Empire is eternal,
In Time’s deep chalice poured Life’s sacred wine,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccdcdcee dfdfgX Xeheee hbhbcc ddddee Xbbbbb ididbb bfbfgX bfbfii ddddbb Xjijkk bebegg djdXee bebegg fbfbllXheheaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110111000010 0111011101 110101010100 1111010001 1111010111 1101011001 11010100110 1101010000 111100110010 1100010101 1001010101 110101001001 11110001010 1011010101 11010111110 1101010001 1111111111 1101001000 11010011110 11010010001 110100001110 1101010101 1101111101 0100110001 11010111110 11101010101 11110101010 1111010101 1111010101 1101111101 10010001010 0101011111 01010001010 110110111 1011101111 1101010001 11001111000 1111011101 110101010010 0111000101 1101111101 011101011101 11011101100 1101010101 11110101010 1101110101 11110111101 1111010101 11111101010 1001110101 010100011010 1101011101 1101110110 0011001100 11000110010 11011010001 11011100010 1100011101 1111110100 0101001100 11011110010 1101011101 11110100010 1111010001 11111100001 1111000101 10111100110 11110010101 11110101010 1111111111 1111000101 01000010001 11110011010 1101010011 01011101010 11011100100 1101011101 0101010101 11110001110 1101110101 010011001110 1101010101 0111011101 0111011100 01110101010 010010100111 0111110010 1011010100 1101000101 111111010001 11111101010 1111111101 11010011110 1111010101 1101110011 10011110011 11010111010 110101001001 11010101110 1111011101 0101010001 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 102
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; with, of, and, o, what, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, o, i, what are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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