This is an analysis of the poem The Question Whither that begins with:
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When we have thrown off this old suit,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd X aeaeeeee X cbcbdXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11111011 1101010 01010101 0111110 11010111 1111011 01111101 11001010 1 01000101 1001010 01010101 1101010 01011101 1101010 10011111 1001110 1 11110100 1100010 11010101 1101010 11000100 1001010 11010111 1101100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word our is repeated.
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