This is an analysis of the poem Two Rondels that begins with:

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When, in the mid-sea of the night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaabab abbaab X bAabbabAXbaabbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10011001 11011111 01111101 11011101 11110101 01110101 11011001 011111011 11101111 11111111 01011011 11111101 10011001 11110111 1 11110111 01011001 11111101 01110101 01010101 11100101 01110111 01011001 11111111 10111101 10111101 11111101 11110111 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; no is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words lord, night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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