This is an analysis of the poem A Call that begins with:

DUSK its ash-grey blossoms sheds on violet skies,
Over twilight mountains where the heart songs rise, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccbddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101110111001 10111010111 11111010101 10101010111 1100110101 10101000101 100111111001 10101000101 11111000111 111011101101011100100111 11000100101 10111110011 11100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 690
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • 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; is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rise connects the lines.

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